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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by eaurouge »

roel_v wrote: post #96
eaurouge wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nigeria is an English-speaking country, the other countries you listed are not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_speaking#List_of_Englis...

Well if we're going to play 'I'm right because Wikipedia says so' games, here's from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria : "English, however, remains an exclusive preserve of the country's urban elite, and is not widely spoken in rural areas. With approximately 75% of Nigeria's populace in the rural areas, the major languages of communication in the country remain national languages".

I'm not playing any Wikipedia games with you, I'm merely stating the facts as they are.

Yes, there are probably over a hundred other languages still spoken today, but the official and most widely spoken language is English. Almost all (if not all) newspapers are in English, national TV stations are in English, the government communicates exclusively in English, and all elementary schools teach English as a core subject.

Some Nigerians are illiterate, of course, and some never attended school. But the majority of the country, I would say over 90%, speaks some form of English. So it's not just the elite that speak English. Now in rural (and even in urban) areas you will find people that can only communicate in broken English, but broken English is still English.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by eaurouge »

oron wrote: post #108
eaurouge wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really like your service and have used it a few times. I doubt the UX will be affected that much if you were to include a few passive ads. So I would say, go for it, make some money, you deserve to.

What are passive ads ? do you mean more GoogleAds ? I'm not in it for the quick dollar, I want to get this service to as many people as possible and be in it for the long run.

I simply meant non-Flash ads. But if you're in it for the long haul, then you're right in giving it much more thought than I have done here.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by angry-hacker »

einaregilsson wrote: post #84

I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.

So you get all your traffic from Google?

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by cpeterso »

markchristian wrote: post #30

I launched a Mac utility app called DragonDrop ( https://shinyplasticbag.com/dragondrop/ ) that got a lot of pretty good press (including getting fireballed — here's the HN discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3946404 ).

I've often wondered why the Mac dock did not allow items to be temporarily dragged to it, like a multi-item clipboard.
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