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The formula is: 1. Create a new app that's a slight variation of something popular that already exists. 2. Hype it like crazy. 3. Find someone clueless to bu

by fsk 13y ago

The formula is: 1. Create a new app that's a slight variation of something popular that already exists. 2. Hype it like crazy. 3. Find someone clueless to buy, either a large corporation or have an IPO. 4. Repeat with the next idea. It's basically the same model for hyping celebrities. Is Lady Gaga popular because she's a great singer, or because the media hypes her all the time? Similarly, is Secret popular because it's good, or because it's being promoted all the time?

msoad 13y ago
Let me know when you learned how to "Hype it like crazy". Thanks
jamiequint 13y ago
re: Lady Gaga, hype had something to do with it but she is also a phenomenal musician. Here's a video from before she was famous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM
grinich 13y ago
Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) is actually an incredible musician. She studied at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and was one of the few students given early admission at the age of 17. It's an ignorant jab to discredit anything popular as being without merit. Loads of people said Facebook was a just silly toy for college kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM
- fsk 13y ago
  Credentials and Education != talent and ability I'm judging Lady Gaga based on brief fragments of recent songs I heard. Of course she may be pulling a "Jay Leno", using talent to produce the mediocre garbage that the mainstream media likes to promote. Also, I DON'T use Facebook and Twitter. I never saw the point. Also, you're an IDIOT to build a web presence on Facebook, because then Facebook controls your ability to interact with your audience. Better to have your own site where your audience follows you directly and you control it 100%.
  - prawn 13y ago
    "I'm judging Lady Gaga based on brief fragments of recent songs I heard." Well, that seems fair.
    - fsk 13y ago
      I could never stand to watch her for more than 30 seconds, because she's so awful.
      - coralreef 13y ago
        "I don't like it, therefore they are awful and untalented"
elwell 13y ago
No, this is why Lady Gaga is popular: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-vomited-sxsw-performance-article-1.1721564 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gag...

by fsk 13y ago

msoad 13y ago

Let me know when you learned how to "Hype it like crazy". Thanks

jamiequint 13y ago

re: Lady Gaga, hype had something to do with it but she is also a phenomenal musician. Here's a video from before she was famous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM

grinich 13y ago

Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) is actually an incredible musician. She studied at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and was one of the few students given early admission at the age of 17. It's an ignorant jab to discredit anything popular as being without merit. Loads of people said Facebook was a just silly toy for college kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM

fsk 13y ago
Credentials and Education != talent and ability I'm judging Lady Gaga based on brief fragments of recent songs I heard. Of course she may be pulling a "Jay Leno", using talent to produce the mediocre garbage that the mainstream media likes to promote. Also, I DON'T use Facebook and Twitter. I never saw the point. Also, you're an IDIOT to build a web presence on Facebook, because then Facebook controls your ability to interact with your audience. Better to have your own site where your audience follows you directly and you control it 100%.
- prawn 13y ago
  "I'm judging Lady Gaga based on brief fragments of recent songs I heard." Well, that seems fair.
  - fsk 13y ago
    I could never stand to watch her for more than 30 seconds, because she's so awful.
    - coralreef 13y ago
      "I don't like it, therefore they are awful and untalented"

elwell 13y ago

No, this is why Lady Gaga is popular: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-vomited-sxsw-performance-article-1.1721564 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gag...