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Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

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Re: Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

#11

To all you nay-sayers: see, the next time you host the Grammy's you'll be able to pull out your nominees list in style! How's that for a use case scenario. But seriously though, I think the iPad is going to be the next big revolution: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1091208 (I'm really desperate for readers).

Shameless self promotion aside, this was pretty funny, and I don't understand the hate.

Re: Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

#15

To all you nay-sayers: see, the next time you host the Grammy's you'll be able to pull out your nominees list in style! How's that for a use case scenario. But seriously though, I think the iPad is going to be the next big revolution: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1091208 (I'm really desperate for readers).

As a fellow person seeking a little attention lately, just you know, for the motivation to get into something... it is a shame that the groups we mingle with (I've browsed HN for ~2 years without making account but have always felt at home here) do not support mini-adventures very much.

I always viewed HN as a place where I could go for reviews or receive some advice from other people seeking the same thing. Yet, it seems the groups I once called home are showing this aura of 'elitist' instead of lending a hand.

If HN is the group we associate with, why is a harmless plug after a comment on a fresh blog such a terrible thing? We want the group we associate with to give us feedback!

Do I need to take out a loan, invest $30,000 in a startup, and get VC funded to be able to plug a website?

I guess this is over-dramatization and full of useless e-motions; and not entirely aimed at HN, but communities in general. I participate in a few forums, but let a few years pass by and this elitist wave of old timers seems to just mock/bash the people coming up from the bottom.

If plugging a site isn't the right thing to do, explain why, and give some advice for pulling in readers. If HN is your only community and you don't have some massively read site, how do you get fresh readers?

edit: (I told you I was being over-dramatic), but yeah, I do tend to click the "Review my App: etc."

Re: Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

#17

To all you nay-sayers: see, the next time you host the Grammy's you'll be able to pull out your nominees list in style! How's that for a use case scenario. But seriously though, I think the iPad is going to be the next big revolution: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1091208 (I'm really desperate for readers).

Shameless self promotion aside, this was pretty funny, and I don't understand the hate.

Jokes almost always get down-voted unless they're phenomenally clever (probably a reaction to the legacy of the +5 Funny from slashdot). We're a humorless bunch here :)

Re: Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

#18
post #15

To all you nay-sayers: see, the next time you host the Grammy's you'll be able to pull out your nominees list in style! How's that for a use case scenario. But seriously though, I think the iPad is going to be the next big revolution: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1091208 (I'm really desperate for readers).

As a fellow person seeking a little attention lately, just you know, for the motivation to get into something... it is a shame that the groups we mingle with (I've browsed HN for ~2 years without making account but have always felt at home here) do not support mini-adventures very much. I always viewed HN as a place where I could go for reviews or receive some advice from other people seeking the same thing. Yet, it…

it's different when the person plugging the site hasn't even bothered to register a domain...and the blog only has the one blog post that the person is trying to link.

Re: Stephen Colbert gets ahold of an iPad during the Grammys

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post #15

To all you nay-sayers: see, the next time you host the Grammy's you'll be able to pull out your nominees list in style! How's that for a use case scenario. But seriously though, I think the iPad is going to be the next big revolution: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1091208 (I'm really desperate for readers).

As a fellow person seeking a little attention lately, just you know, for the motivation to get into something... it is a shame that the groups we mingle with (I've browsed HN for ~2 years without making account but have always felt at home here) do not support mini-adventures very much. I always viewed HN as a place where I could go for reviews or receive some advice from other people seeking the same thing. Yet, it…

Since you have been hanging out in HN for 2 yrs and just decided to create an account, you of all people should know that HN is very lenient towards self-plug; as long as you are upfront about the self-plug.

ie, Ask HN: Review my App/project/hobby-site

You can even submit your own site/blog as often as you want (as long as it is relevant to the audience), it is up to the audience to decide whether it merits 'upvotes' or not.

What chrischen did was not self-plugging or self promotion, it was just spamming.

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