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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
OH yes the redesign is killing apps. But wasnt that the point?
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
This has been going on since the birth of the record industry. The only thing different about the present and the past is the volume of chatter about the subject.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
This sounds exactly like the facebook/bebo/myspace/orkut/hi5 platforms.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Ive got so many cars I get stuck in my own traffic. lol
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Hey Ive been there too and from my experience big splash entries like Techcrunch articles and the likes don't do as much as people think. "don't release anything to the public unless you are certain it will get traction." This is a distrib
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Well we almost agree don't we? :) I think you're taking what I'm saying out of context. I said half baked products give you the required flexibility to listen to the market. I dont think you can over expose your self to the market. The prob
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
yeah it does sound like ididwork but I can see why TC went crazy for Yammer. Yammer sold its self as a communication tool while ididwork sold itself as a sort of Rescue Time/punch card/productivity tool. In the end Yammer looks fun while id
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
"Though never release half-baked cr@p. You have exactly one chance to make the initial splash, don't waste it." This is absolutely not true! Release ANYTHING. A half baked product will provide you with required flexibility youll need when t
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
don't confuse me with the facts
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Well you can force a app to be viral its just a TON of work. I dont suggest it but it is possible.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
ha I never bought into that whole "invites are spam" bit. Generally people like apps and invites. But its hard to believe that because the minority is very vocal. If you wanna chat over email I wouldn't mind sharing some tips.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Really? You should go ALOT further. In my opinion you're making all the same mistakes I made when I started working on social applications. You had a idea first and are now trying to make it viral. Thats the wrong order. You need to get all
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Oh I see that now. Ive trained myself to be a regular user and refuse to read anything :) I would make a bigger deal out of your reward plan. Maybe a banner or something and repeat that on every tab.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Should work on your viral component. It sucks but people dont tend to send many invites out of the kindness of their hearts.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
I think the most important point was: "You don't get rich by being nice." This is seldom said but often true.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Incentivized invite = Find your friends photos on the web! give us your gmail log in and we will tell you where your contacts upload photos! Something along those lines... Your spam question sounds like something you need to answer for your
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
I dont know why this keeps coming up on HN, but the answer is pretty simple. If you want to go viral get your readers/users to send as many messages as possible. Incentivized invites, email contact scraping, IM contact scraping, embeds, sha
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
pretty much. There's no "front page" to get to on stumble upon. Every person who thumbs the site up essentially forwards the stumbled page to everyone on their friends list. Interesting sites propagate through stumble upon very quickly.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Start with Stumble Upon. Less work and more traffic.
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by gabrielleydon 18y ago
Yeah. I noticed that too.
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Awesome Highlighter (YC summer 08)(techcrunch.com)
29 points by gabrielleydon 18y ago|22 comments
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Slide Seeks to Justify Huge Valuation(techcrunch.com)
1 points by gabrielleydon 18y ago|0 comments
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by gabrielleydon 19y ago
re re re remix!
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by gabrielleydon 19y ago
hey zach, this widget is just the start of what we are building. Our direction will be much clearer over the next few months. As is I would describe the current iteration of the site/widget as a link/photo exchange in the context of a hot o
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(YC Winter08) Addher.com goes Beta(techcrunch.com)
33 points by gabrielleydon 19y ago|22 comments
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Facebook Apps On Any Website(developers.facebook.com)
23 points by gabrielleydon 19y ago|7 comments
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Facebook's Beacon spoils Christmas present surprises(valleywag.com)
1 points by gabrielleydon 19y ago|0 comments
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The Frugal Billionaires(forbes.com)
17 points by gabrielleydon 19y ago|3 comments
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Reddit readers manipulate AdSense(mashable.com)
11 points by gabrielleydon 19y ago|7 comments
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by gabrielleydon 19y ago
ahhh i see! This is nice. Thanks!

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