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Interesting to note that while Unsplash's launch on HN led to it becoming a staple and a huge success, the comments from the HN community were overwhelmingly ne
by awwstn 11y ago
Interesting to note that while Unsplash's launch on HN led to it becoming a staple and a huge success, the comments from the HN community were overwhelmingly negative: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5794083
As a happy subscriber to Unsplash since it first launched here, I'm glad that the team ignored the comments and kept making this.
- daniel-levin 11y agoBack in the day, HN's reaction to Dropbox was also extremely negative [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
- gedrap 11y agoThe first comment in the linked thread says: >>> It's amazing how much the title submission can influence comments. >>> Original title: "Hated expensive, crappy stock photos so I made this." >>> Current title: "Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days" So that explains a lot, and puts a good emphasis on how important is the title. These type of titles work out pretty well in other areas but it is a gray area here in HN. It also makes me appreciate the original title rule which we have here in HN.
- bsder 11y ago> As a happy subscriber to Unsplash since it first launched here, I'm glad that the team ignored the comments and kept making this. I suspect a couple dozen paying customers made it really easy to ignore the negative comments from the peanut gallery. :)