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just to provide even more context. In our previous system, you entered your email to be in our beta queue. You could enter 3 of your friends' emails to move up the queue. Pretty st…

really good point, lots of room for optimization

haha good job stanton. obfuscate probably would have added 30 seconds to the time it would take to hack it. If we really wanted to make it more robust, we would have added a valida…

We're working hard to get there!

Hey Bobby, so made the share on facebook checkbox more visible. Also, clicking out of the modal now automatically unchecks that box. The only time it will share now is if you click…

Hey bomatson.There actually is a checkbox right under the done button to not post on FB. I think a lot of times, people just click out without looking at the modal. The whole donin…

Thanks, we changed it

I think you've highlighted one of the difficulties in this space. Nowadays, a lot of people expect any new ecommerce site to be some sort of deals site. It has become the default a…

I'm aware these may not be your intentions, as I stated in my post. I'm saying, be sure to step outside and think honestly about how it comes across to someone who isn't familiar w…

You mention a "big idea" and use the startup "team" rhetoric, but that's all par for the course. Think about all the signals you're giving off. Others have mentioned here already w…

A few people here mentioned that their online giveaways didn't convert well. You may think, "who wouldn't try out my cool new app for a chance to win an ipad right?" But consider h…

I think what you're talking about is graphics rather than design. To me, design is the umbrella term encompassing UX, UI and graphics. so I'll rephrase the question: Do graphics ma…

The zone is something I'm very familiar with and have been aware of for a long time, even before programming. To me, the zone is a product, not only of complex problem-solving, but…

NYC is becoming a great place to do a startup, but is NYC the next silicon valley? I'd say no (I'm a New Yorker). Silicon Valley has always been the place to run a techonology comp…

To be honest, I think your question should be "how to convey to YC that your TEAM is worth funding"

Karma is just a metric and should be treated as such. If someone is judging someone else by their karma score, that says more about the judger than the judgee.

Alright, Color's gotten a lot of backlash since launch for a terrible first experience, bad UX, being overfunded, not rolling out correctly, among many other things. Now am i the o…

I'm the same way. dual monitors are also a must for me. Coding on on screen and refreshing on the other and looking back to the code without losing my place is just much smoother t…

PG: Paul Graham I can't really answer that for you since I dont know your situation so I can only speak for myself. I'd try to find someone who's more than an "employee". I'd want …

I think most good investors will shy away from single founders for many justified reasons. PG writes a lot about it in his essays. actually, most people in this space who write, wi…

The answer to this will really depend on what you're building. If you're asking this question, then I assume community really important to you. The best communities are pretty good…

fun-fact, there was a site many many years ago, back in the days of dial-up modems.. It was called "crushlink" or something, which is exactly this sort of crush-matching by email s…

HN is a pretty good alternative.

Agreed. I think we might be talking semantics here. It just depends what you consider to be asking the users. The Henry Ford quote is just meant to say that you can't take advice f…

That's not to say you shouldnt ask what they want. What you have to do as a visionary is to interpret their answers into what it is that they really need.