ekanes

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by ekanes 19y ago
Exactly. This person is comparing the straight-A's lifestyle to doing nothing, and ignoring the opportunity cost they paid. What else could they have learned or done during that time?
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by ekanes 19y ago
Here's a video exploring a game theory approach to the climate change problem: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ
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by ekanes 19y ago
I disagree. Don't you need to validate their email address so you know you're reaching only people who wanted to sign up?
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by ekanes 19y ago
Not sure it's so hard... with a leaderboard there's much more incentive to start working with others to vote up your submissions, use multiple accounts, etc.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Even if they back down, my opinion of Facebook is much reduced because they implemented this. How could anyone have thought this was a good idea for users?
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by ekanes 19y ago
It has begun. http://www.ask500people.com/questions/if-you-voted-republica... ;)
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by ekanes 19y ago
Interesting idea, but it wouldn't fit the different user types - someone on the site all day needs more votes for the same level of scarcity as someone who's on the site 20 mins a day. Otherwise one person has scarcity and one has plenty.
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by ekanes 19y ago
... and perhaps combined with making it clear that your reason is public would be interesting as well. Great food for thought thanks.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Great stuff thanks.
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by ekanes 19y ago
> You might also look for people clicking "innappropriate" and then voting in the poll. Very interesting thanks.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Yep, that's the site. Glad you like it. :) I've been thinking similarly about 'mark as inappropriate' - that it could give people a way to express themselves about the question, even if it doesn't have a large effect on the site. We coul
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by ekanes 19y ago
Thanks, that's very helpful.
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How do you prevent factions from taking control of a community-driven site?
21 points by ekanes 19y ago|29 comments
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by ekanes 19y ago
I agree SuperWall isn't worth $10 million, but wanted to point out that "could be created in a weekend" doesn't mean anything at all. A lot of successful startups could be written in a weekend. For example, this guy created the core stru
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by ekanes 19y ago
The fact that they're offering you 2% for equal work/risk (after all, you lose just as much as they do if it fails) says more about them than whatever idea they're pursuing. I'd walk away.
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by ekanes 19y ago
Yeah, was going to say that. Rather magical isn't it. It would be interesting to consider if someday a camera could look through a hole or holes as small as that...
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by ekanes 19y ago
I'm no expert either, but from what I've read by the end of multiple rounds, they could own that much. Right out of the gate a 20% or 30% is more common. As a company comes back for more rounds of funding, the founders get diluted. The VC
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by ekanes 19y ago
Some interesting ideas in there but the table showing ownership is a bit misleading. It compares owning 85% of a $10 million dollar company (bootstrapping) to owning just 15% of a similar $10 million dollar company (outside investment). No
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by ekanes 19y ago
Hey white, This kind of idea is hard to evaluate up-front. Sometimes you just have to build it and see but I think you could be onto something. If you do it, try to integrate visual ways of showing that the app is working, and spend effort