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Ask YC: Has any startup here used PRWEB?
5 points by shafqat 18y ago|0 comments
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What early Google employees are doing now. (sfgate.com)
42 points by shafqat 18y ago|4 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
Just to give our background, we haven't put out any press releases yet just because we have this idea that they aren't very effective. However, we're thinking about doing it for our public launch thats coming up soon.
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Ask YC: How successful has your startup been with press releases?
1 points by shafqat 18y ago|3 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
As I commented on the article itself, we're doing something very similar at NewsCred. On all the NewsCred topic pages, we have a pane devoted to Twitter buzz on the topic, using the Summize API. Its gotten a lot of good feedback. As an exam
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by shafqat 18y ago
congrats to you and your family then... must be a nice payday hopefully. ;-)
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by shafqat 18y ago
We launched the NewsCred private alpha via HackerNews a couple months ago, and the last 8 weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement. The feedback here was very positive. We listened and made some changes immediately and then reached out to
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by shafqat 18y ago
Sounds like a real problem which could be solved with a startup?! Anyone have ideas?
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by shafqat 18y ago
I should add, my least favorite part is the slowness. We are working on memcaching now...
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Ask YC: Some feedback before we launch NewsCred publicly
5 points by shafqat 18y ago|6 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
For what its worth, I read the book and thought it was fantastic. Sure, there may be some artistic interpretation of the actual truth, but it was extremely motivating for me as an entrepreneur, thats for damn sure. The main takeaway I got a
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by shafqat 18y ago
Dude, you are only 17 so go for it. I would NOT drop out of school yet. You're doing the rightthing, apply for programs for next summer, but I would add one task between now and next year. Learn how to code! Its fun, you seem like you guys
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by shafqat 18y ago
thanks for the tip. its always bugged me too, but I just didnt spend time looking for the option. i can change it now, but do you know what happens to all my URLS that have been bookmarked, saved, indexed by Google etc. Does the change only
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The “Newspaper” Industry Will Die, The News Industry Will Not(blog.newscred.com)
3 points by shafqat 18y ago|4 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
With all due respect, I think it is the latter obviously.
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by shafqat 18y ago
I spent about 15-20 seconds looking at the page, and had no idea what this service does. You need to make it more obvious, even for not-so-smart users like me. But I like the design.
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by shafqat 18y ago
This is developer Matt Harding's tour around the world. I just love the visuals, the music, his dance. Brings a smile to my face every time. Why can't we all just get along?
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One of my all time favorite videos - Where the Hell is Matt?(blog.newscred.com)
1 points by shafqat 18y ago|1 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
Very nice... Sometimes I forget how fun it is being a nerd. I love this kind of stuff.
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by shafqat 18y ago
Great, will definitely check it out. Agreed on the narrative. You always need a good story to tell, and I feel like traditional press/readers need a different story than the web crowd. I guess thats obvious since our target users probably h
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Ask YC: How do you feel about offline press/marketing for your startup?
3 points by shafqat 18y ago|5 comments
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by shafqat 18y ago
Umm, pageflakes? Isn't that a pretty old site? I think its great, but surely not one of the defining sites of the next decade.
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by shafqat 18y ago
I can't believe someone from Zagat isn't all over this issue, responding on the forum, their blogs, and going out of their way to apologize to those unhappy customers. This is 2008. Word spreads like wildfire online. The flipside is that do
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by shafqat 18y ago
Its bound to happen on any news site. At NewsCred, despite our still small-ish user base, we can see patterns emerging. Identifying patterns is the key. Once you have an algorithm to identify malicious activity, resolving is simple.
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by shafqat 18y ago
Good question - I'd also like to know if anyone has had any success in building or interfacing with one of these external services like Strands.
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by shafqat 18y ago
Wow, downmodded for that comment? I just think we shouldnt discourage people, especially entrepreneurs in this community, from taking the leap of faith. I think its a great experience, success or failure. People may disagree, but not sure a
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by shafqat 18y ago
Umm, I just quit my day job. Literally 3 days ago. So I beg to disagree.
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by shafqat 18y ago
Umm, yeah. To make it more clear, when you refer to 'they' in your comment, you are actually talking about Joshu!
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by shafqat 18y ago
Yes, we did that so the initial users dont see the CredRank fluctuate wildly every time someone votes (i.e. go from 0 to 100 to 50). We also felt it was important that everyone starts off as credible (100). We shouldn't be able to decide at
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by shafqat 18y ago
Your point is a good one. But we don't want to force our beliefs/agendas on our community. We provide a platform for them to voice their opinions. And having a strong opinion (whether liberal, conservating, libertarian) is not a problem in

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