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Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Post by TLightful »

soneca wrote: post #140
jhunter1016 wrote: post #23

The comments can be so funny on HN sometimes. You built something and committed to it for a decade. That’s so freaking cool! Take all feedback with a grain of salt. You’ve been around longer than most apps that launch on Show HN. Keep it up!

What comments can be “funny”? I just went through the top 40 comments on this post and I couldn’t see nothing but praise and congratulations (with a couple suggesting to raise prices, which I think are with good intent).

You'll know that the top 40 comments are dynamic.

The world doesn't revolve around you!

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#152

Post by albertgoeswoof »

blackrock wrote: post #145
albertgoeswoof wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can - but it's an arms race at that point. The question is - is this really the way we should be communicating online? Why can't we set up an anonymous account on a service? The next step to all of this is an Oauth provider that's built around privacy. Imagine if you could sign in to apps with something other than facebook or google. "Sign In with " would be awesome. It's all technically possible today, and Mozil…

I think if you can secure $20 million USD dollars in VC or Angel funding, there might be more profitable ideas to work on.

Becoming one of the main identity providers online would be hugely profitable. You could easily add on payments (a la paypal) and other services that generate enourmous revenues

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#153

Post by andciufo »

ant6n wrote: post #141
andciufo wrote: post #134

Why don't you apply for YCombinator?

Giving away shares of a boot-strapped, profitable business?

Yes, on the economic side I will say, It's better a big piece of a small cake or a small piece of a big cake?

On the entrepreneurship side I will say that you will get an incredible know how to scale with your project and have a bigger impact :)

On the learning side No doubt for me that be inside one of the most prestigious alumni community it is worth the 10% of the company.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#154

Post by soneca »

TLightful wrote: post #151
soneca wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What comments can be “funny”? I just went through the top 40 comments on this post and I couldn’t see nothing but praise and congratulations (with a couple suggesting to raise prices, which I think are with good intent).

You'll know that the top 40 comments are dynamic. The world doesn't revolve around you!

They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment.

I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#155

Post by 5555624 »

When trying to sign up, I miss typed my password and they did not match and got the "Passwords do not match" error. I typed them again, making sure they matched, and got the same message. And again.

Opening Chrome, I tired to sign up, only to find my username was taken. I did not necessarily believe this; so, I tried the forgotten password link and entered my email address.

33Mail sent me the link to reset my password, which I did, and logged into the system.

I had a notification that I had not confirmed my email address -- I had never gotten the message -- so, I had it resent. The confirmation message arrived and I confirmed it.

Anyway, although I did not get past the "Passwords do not match" error, it did sign me up; but, did not send an email for me to confirm it.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#156

Post by blackrock »

albertgoeswoof wrote: post #152
blackrock wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think if you can secure $20 million USD dollars in VC or Angel funding, there might be more profitable ideas to work on.

Becoming one of the main identity providers online would be hugely profitable. You could easily add on payments (a la paypal) and other services that generate enourmous revenues

Interesting. This just gave me a possibly incredible idea.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#157

Post by TLightful »

soneca wrote: post #154
TLightful wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll know that the top 40 comments are dynamic. The world doesn't revolve around you!

They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment. I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Because there's sand beneath your statements. In which case better to avoid the comment altogether.

I wouldn't take it to heart though. The (!) was an attempt to make the accusation light hearted. I guess it failed.

Anyway, I'm no authority here. Just here for potshots!

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#158

Post by dxdm »

soneca wrote: post #154
TLightful wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll know that the top 40 comments are dynamic. The world doesn't revolve around you!

They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment. I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Not GP, but there seems to be a ~8h difference between your comment and the one you were responding to. It's possible the comments they saw then were different from what you saw. For whatever reason you didn't think of that.

I agree that accusing you of egocentrism is uncalled for. It does nothing to raise the quality of the discussion here, in fact it lowers it. Thanks for not taking the bait and staying reasonable in response. I hope you get an answer to your question.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#159

Post by dxdm »

dxdm wrote: post #158
soneca wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment. I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Not GP, but there seems to be a ~8h difference between your comment and the one you were responding to. It's possible the comments they saw then were different from what you saw. For whatever reason you didn't think of that. I agree that accusing you of egocentrism is uncalled for. It does nothing to raise the quality of the discussion here, in fact it lowers it. Thanks for not taking the bait and staying reasonable…

(Apparently there was a response to your question already, but it didn't load until after I wrote mine.)

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

#160

Post by soneca »

TLightful wrote: post #157
soneca wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment. I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Because there's sand beneath your statements. In which case better to avoid the comment altogether. I wouldn't take it to heart though. The (!) was an attempt to make the accusation light hearted. I guess it failed. Anyway, I'm no authority here. Just here for potshots!

I don’t know what “sand beneath your comments” means, if you care to explain.
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