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Would click again.
Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
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Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#62shoulda entered this into railsrumble!
Rails!? That doesn't scale. This is all Erlang.
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
#!/bin/sh n=10 while [ $n -ge 0 ]; do sh -c "while true; do curl -d submit.x=1 -d submit.y=1 -b clickthatbutton=10521 http://clickthatbutton.com/; echo; done" & n=`expr $n - 1` done Change "n=10" to change the number of concurrent requests. Anyone have a better method?
Nice approach, My friend and I were trying to do the same thing. http://juliocapote.com/post/56866975/so-you-want-to-click-th... bookmarklet version: http://ubergibson.com/~alan/bmforge/
Is hackthatbutton.com taken?
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
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Maybe it would help if you thought of it as an art project instead. In any case - and I hope this doesn't come off as trolling - isn't creativity exactly the sort of thing us hackers should be striving for? If you measure success in terms of "mak[ing] something people want" then I'd call this a success, if only a small one. For whatever reason, people sure do seem to enjoy clicking that button!
Creativity? http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enNZ291... google: ajax counter.
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Well, I've always been a fan of the 37signals school of thought around bringing simplicity to web applications. You know - the whole "Getting Real" thing. The way I see it, this has a better business model than a lot of web startups nowadays. At the very least, we've got a slow "burn rate" seeing as how we've spent about 5 hours on the project. As for generating revenue? I think we've got a while before we have to wo…
37 signals provides products that people pay for and get value from. Your button adds no value, has no stickyness, and is not something people will pay for. I think your "product" here is just creative trolling.
Sell it to tipjoy :)
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#66I assume this is a joke.
Having said that, if you are creative you may well be able to cash in on this considering the attention that your site appears to be getting. I remember, a few years ago, some kid made a page that sold ads to people for $1 per pixel on the page. The page contained nothing other than these ads. The kid was trying to make $1m and he did it - enough people were willing to pay a dollar or few dollars to be a part of his idea even if they didn't really benefit from it.
I'd look at adding advertising to the page - I'd love to watch you make a million from a page with a button on it!
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#67Anyone else remember "Button, Button" from the Twilight Zone, where a couple is offered $200K if they push a button on a box. The only catch is that if they push it, someone they don't know will die?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)
Creepy.
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#68Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#69i admit it, i'm a clicker... it was just too much for me. i'm suing you for rehab therapy now to cure my aclicktion. they say you haven't succeeded as a business until you're sued. congratulations, give me your money now
i clicke 250 without stopping... whats wrong!
and checkout the speed at which counter is running...
while biggies like facebook and orkut try so hard to engage users into social networking etc... this simple clickthatbutton has done it with amazing simplicity!
wow!
Re: Ask HN: Review my new startup: clickthatbutton.com
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, I've always been a fan of the 37signals school of thought around bringing simplicity to web applications. You know - the whole "Getting Real" thing. The way I see it, this has a better business model than a lot of web startups nowadays. At the very least, we've got a slow "burn rate" seeing as how we've spent about 5 hours on the project. As for generating revenue? I think we've got a while before we have to wo…
This took you five hours? Seriously?
Photoshopping a nice button takes longer than you think...