I haven't forgotten about this. I need sleep (exhausted and have been in bad health lately). Will get back to this soon.
Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
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Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#102What does MVP stand for?
Minimum Viable Product http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#103Mark you just started 2011 for me. Very inspiring/smart what you do! Congrats!!!
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#104what do you do? stick ads all over the place! what do you think, you have a business there? like twitter? yeah, sure, raise another 200 million...
make fun of twitter, and you get down-voted. I know, I know, Google will buy them for 4 billion in 2011, but that is the only exit strategy they have. No biz model there, sorry.
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#105This is exactly why it is nice to have a bunch of credit cards with comparatively high limits, even if you are frugal. There is no investment or other deal which can be negotiated as quickly as just swiping a card and worrying about it 20+ days later. (combined with EC2 or other scale with API services)
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#106Don't forget to apply for the Thiel Fellowship! Email me for help with your essays (that offer applies to anyone).
Yes, if there is anyone I know who should apply for the Thiel deal, it is Mark. Especially since he has said he doesn't exactly love his college. Thiel should make moving to SF a requirement too.
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#107I created at stupid app a week ago, called http://wonklyrics.com where the point is to enter a songs lyrics, and change one word to make it more... funnier. Sadly to say, it's received a total of 300 visits. :-P
Just a heads up, the app doesn't protect against xss at all. For example: http://wonklyrics.com/24
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people have a strong interest in how others perceive them, including yourself: "I would feel really stupid sending anyone link like that." You're probably part of a culture where publicly asking others what they think of you is frowned on.
It's not the culture. I care about what people think about me, but not as much as asking my friends to describe me it three words. I think I understand it now. People use this, because they wanna hear people saying good things about them. I think most people would send link to their friends, because they don't feel very confident about themselves. It's the basic principle of Facebook (or of whatever Facebook turned i…
Well speaking for myself, I am pretty clueless on stuff like whether people think the things I say are generally interesting or generally boring. I wouldn't be ashamed to use Mark's site to try and learn stuff about myself. Of course, I'm sure the factors you mention provide subconscious motivation as well.
Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
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Re: Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?
#110I just don't get it, what problem does this app solves anyway? Plus, HN has become a promotional playground, this really piss me off.