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Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by kristopolous »

H3g3m0n wrote: post #73
wicknicks wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it very interesting how the fact that making the rules of the game "obvious" changes the way people approach. If you think about it, almost all content on the internet follows this rule: share-or-die. But here, after slapping the die part on the face, people are forcing themselves to post the link on twitter. Very cool!

I would hardly describe requiring people to spam as cool. More like fucking annoying. Also you have no idea what the content will be until you have propagated the spam, it could just be penis pills.

It would be like

"Before we allow you in our restaurant or show you a menu, you must give us a positive review on yelp."

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by ge0rg »

ggreer wrote: post #13

I'm not sure if the submitter created BlinkLink, but I hope the author had fun making it. It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward for tweeting increases as the number of views remaining goes down. Also, people are driven to share the link with their friends immediately since they know views remaining are scarce. That said, it's pretty easy to mirror content. In case th…

It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward for tweeting increases as the number of views remaining goes down.

Interesting, my reaction was the total opposite of yours - I immediately started to hate the idea - for the same reasons as you stated.

It reminds me in very negative ways of these crappy sharehostera where you are nagged and limited just to extort your money.

Sorry OP...

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by r00fus »

chacham15 wrote: post #44
jmtame wrote: post #18

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This content disappears after 1,000 views unless you pay $5.

* This content appears after 1,000 views unless you pay $5.

Is that the "fund me and I'll stop reporting on your crimes" option? In that case, you're missing a few 0s at the end of your amount.

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by hnha »

robotresearcher wrote: post #54
hnha wrote: post #42

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select, copy, paste, share, the end.

select, copy, paste, share (copyright violation), the end. It's kind of not OK to distribute other people's work when they don't want you to.

depends on the jurisdiction. in Germany you are allowed to make copies for your close friends and family.

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by rwallace »

ggreer wrote: post #13

I'm not sure if the submitter created BlinkLink, but I hope the author had fun making it. It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways. I like how the reward for tweeting increases as the number of views remaining goes down. Also, people are driven to share the link with their friends immediately since they know views remaining are scarce. That said, it's pretty easy to mirror content. In case th…

> It's a neat idea, and it exploits human psychology in clever ways

WTF? Maybe we won't be free of scummy exploits until the second last person in the world dies and leaves the last person with nobody to exploit, but just because we can't get rid of something doesn't mean we have to praise it, of all things. What's wrong with you?

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by vertis »

richardv wrote: post #11

Kinda feel like a jerk on this one. Wasn't really expecting to be able to nuke it so easily. ab -c 30 -n 3000 http://www.blinklink.me/b/4XIxfoeF4C0 Concurrency Level: 30 Time taken for tests: 93.802 seconds Complete requests: 3000 Failed requests: 2137 (Connect: 0, Receive: 0, Length: 2137, Exceptions: 0) Write errors: 0 Requests per second: 31.98 [#/sec] (mean) Time per request: 938.024 [ms] (mean) Time per request:…

Funny, I did the same thing before I read this. I think given it's back up that someone might be bumping up the number of views.

I'm betting that version 2 will solve this problem.

(Edit: I added another 1000 views by tweeting, so it didn't affect it permanently)

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by lucb1e »

thameera wrote: post #67
lucb1e wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without having to open the man page: $ whatis ab ab (1) - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool Or with bsd-games installed: $ wtf ab ab: ab (1) - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool

Is there a similar tool to see what a certain option in a command does, without opening the man page?

You probably know, but try -h or --help behind the command.

Re: Show HN: This page will disappear in 10,000 views

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Post by laumars »

Anonymous238 wrote: post #38
farolino wrote: post #37

I disagree with other posters, I think this is a great concept. It would be fantastic for brands to share promotional offers and voucher codes as people would have to tweet to revive access to the code therefore spreading the promo further.

How is this a good thing? You want users to visit a promo page, where they're forced to retweet the content before getting access? This sounds awfully familiar to those sites that ask you to share a referral link with 10 friends, or complete a survey before receiving a free gift that doesn't exist. Also reminds me of the days of browsing warez online. Click these three links to vote for us on Top 100 sites, then you'…

> They're just taking people hostage and encouraging spam on social networks.

Isn't that what social networks are for these days. They're just junk mail by another name.

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