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#2How long is a piece of string?
Seriously: is there any possible situation where this could possibly matter?
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#3How long is a piece of string? Seriously: is there any possible situation where this could possibly matter?
Like I said - as a benchmark. I'm an engineer, I believe in numbers, feedback, and comparison.
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#4100,000/m is ok (in the sense that, you could slap adsense on it and start making some revenue). 1 million is a lot (in the sense that, you could work fulltime on it perhaps to grow it further). More is great.
That's my personal benchmark/take.
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#5How long is a piece of string? Seriously: is there any possible situation where this could possibly matter?
Like I said - as a benchmark. I'm an engineer, I believe in numbers, feedback, and comparison.
Yet you consider "a lot" a valid label for a number?
Something is behind the term "a lot." Does it mean a lot better than you were doing before? A lot more than similar sites? A lot more than the average of all sites? "A lot" could mean any of these things, and until you know which one you mean, you can't possibly get a reasonable answer.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like I said - as a benchmark. I'm an engineer, I believe in numbers, feedback, and comparison.
Yet you consider "a lot" a valid label for a number? Something is behind the term "a lot." Does it mean a lot better than you were doing before? A lot more than similar sites? A lot more than the average of all sites? "A lot" could mean any of these things, and until you know which one you mean, you can't possibly get a reasonable answer.
Yeah, I know... as such, I placed it in quotes to indicate the vagueness of it all.
I'd expect replies to qualify their number for "a lot" with the context they're considering it in. There's a lot of different benchmarks, and I was interested in seeing what the HN crowd had in mind. Peter's comment is one such example :)
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#7I don't think it's about hitting a magical number as much as it's about hitting consistent numbers. 1 million over time is a great goal but is it worth as much as consistently hitting 25k everyday for a month or two? Benchmarks are meaningful and will absolutely drive a project but in the end consistency sells.