31–40 of 72 posts
while true; do curl -d submit.x=1 -d submit.y=1 -b clickthatbutton=10521 http://clickthatbutton.com/; echo; done
I realise it's a gag. But... Have the site sponsored by different people each day, and record the number of clicks on that day. Keep an archive, make it competitive. e.g. 30th October is Obama day (just an example - not partisan), click to show your support! Sponsor pays some rate per click (or just to hire the site for the day). As others have mentioned, your button would appear in many places (facebook widget, etc)…
Unless I'm missing something, that's not a "startup" it's a webpage with a clickable button. What's the point? What's the business model? (seriously).
Well, I've always been a fan of the 37signals school of thought around bringing simplicity to web applications. You know - the whole "Getting Real" thing. The way I see it, this has a better business model than a lot of web startups nowadays. At the very least, we've got a slow "burn rate" seeing as how we've spent about 5 hours on the project. As for generating revenue? I think we've got a while before we have to wo…
Your button adds no value, has no stickyness, and is not something people will pay for.
I think your "product" here is just creative trolling.
I realise it's a gag. But... Have the site sponsored by different people each day, and record the number of clicks on that day. Keep an archive, make it competitive. e.g. 30th October is Obama day (just an example - not partisan), click to show your support! Sponsor pays some rate per click (or just to hire the site for the day). As others have mentioned, your button would appear in many places (facebook widget, etc)…
I cheated: while true; do curl -d submit.x=1 -d submit.y=1 -b clickthatbutton=10521 http://clickthatbutton.com/; echo; done edit: and apparently you (or my ISP) throttle ;)
I didn't click the button. I didn't want to. Too many people had done it already
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, I've always been a fan of the 37signals school of thought around bringing simplicity to web applications. You know - the whole "Getting Real" thing. The way I see it, this has a better business model than a lot of web startups nowadays. At the very least, we've got a slow "burn rate" seeing as how we've spent about 5 hours on the project. As for generating revenue? I think we've got a while before we have to wo…
This took you five hours? Seriously?