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Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by jhubert »

Rubyred wrote: post #20

Just to let you know jhubert, I'm not clicking on your link because it's a juvenile headline and very spammy sounding. The "Awesome. I love the Internet" line didn't help to change my mind either.

Thanks for the feedback Rubyred.

Personally, I think the idea is relatively juvenile but I never intended for the headline to sound spammy. I'm just excited.

As for the "Awesome. I love the internet" portion, I'm not sure I can change that one. I do love the internet. I can't think of any industries where something like this is possible... well, no other legal ones.

I ran a large (1+ million member) community website back in 1999 - 2000 and realize that every community has their style and voice. I'm sure given more time on HackerNews I'll learn to speak with the one that's appropriate for the audience.

Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by veb »

jayzee wrote: post #7

Sorry but this is lame and derivative. Good for you that you made some money but posting it to drive traffic to your site is even worse. I hope that somebody who has powers to do so downvotes you.

I'm sorry, but when was the last time that you made something out of an idea everyone thought was gone for good, and made money from it, on the first day? Honestly, be happy for the guy.

Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by wlievens »

jhubert wrote: post #6

JohnnyBrown: You're not missing anything. As jolan said, it's basically the twitter version of "The Million Dollar Homepage"... minus the million dollars. :p I'm also not saying this is a good idea or that I would like everyone to start putting things like this live. The whole point of this post (which I suppose I understated) is that I generally have ideas that are much more interesting and complex, but their comple…

I like your attitude regarding this. I feel very much the same way about my own projects. A wave going from "this is awesome, I can't wait to finish it" to "oh my, this is way too ambitious, I'll be dead before it's ever complete" and back.

A small success like this can inspire you and build confidence. That's added value in itself. The site you launched is silly nonsense though :-)

Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by Roridge »

I think this is great. Sure it isn't for me but neither was the Million Dollar Home Page, but it's a nice modern version.

Ignore any negative feedback (unless constructive), haters will hate ;)

The way the MDHP got press attention was with a press release, would be worth having a look at for you I think. What bothered me about the MDHP was I felt it was a fraud, he posted about having massive university debts, then as soon as he made the million he quit uni and moved to a big city to invest the money. Which makes me feel it was a bit fraudulent.

Gratz!

Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by jhubert »

Roridge wrote: post #24

I think this is great. Sure it isn't for me but neither was the Million Dollar Home Page, but it's a nice modern version. Ignore any negative feedback (unless constructive), haters will hate ;) The way the MDHP got press attention was with a press release, would be worth having a look at for you I think. What bothered me about the MDHP was I felt it was a fraud, he posted about having massive university debts, then a…

Thanks for the suggestion and support. :)

A friend of mine actually bought some pixels off of the MDHP back in the day. Apparently the guy who started it even sold all of the customer details to outside advertisers for money. My friend received a bunch of spam to the email address he had used. Bad pool.

Personally, I like that simple ideas like this can be the seed funding for future projects. Not just in currency, but also in education.

Re: Success Story: Launching my simple twitter idea early actually paid off

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Post by jhubert »

JohnnyBrown wrote: post #2

Way to go man, I'm happy for you. but... Sorry if I don't understand, and I don't mean to sound condescending - but apparently I pay you $15 for: "> "> or am I missing something?

I replied but clicked the wrong link, so the reply is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2078872
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