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Re: Vooza Mobile App

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Post by freehunter »

chc wrote: post #25
danielweber wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty used to seeing Hacker News posts about something and having absolutely no idea what they are talking about . Based on the way headlines are edited, this seems to be on purpose.

Since you're probably wondering whence downvotes : You seem to be talking about going into a thread with a confusing headline and not understanding the topic. You're not meant to wade in with nothing more than the headline as a guide. Commenting on a story without reading it is a really annoying practice that leads to some very frustrating discussions. EDIT: Wow, downvoted into the ground for trying to be nice and ex…

Then again (and recognizing you make a good point), there have been plenty of times when I read the site, have no idea what is going on, check the comments for some enlightenment, and feel like I'm the only one who still has no idea what the article is supposed to be about.

Re: Vooza Mobile App

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Post by danielweber »

chc wrote: post #25
danielweber wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty used to seeing Hacker News posts about something and having absolutely no idea what they are talking about . Based on the way headlines are edited, this seems to be on purpose.

Since you're probably wondering whence downvotes : You seem to be talking about going into a thread with a confusing headline and not understanding the topic. You're not meant to wade in with nothing more than the headline as a guide. Commenting on a story without reading it is a really annoying practice that leads to some very frustrating discussions. EDIT: Wow, downvoted into the ground for trying to be nice and ex…

5 upvotes came out of nowhere in 30 seconds so I'm not too worried.

But I'll point out two examples from just this week where article+headline completely failed. First is Aaron Winburn; I had no idea of why this was on HN until a commenter helpfully pointed out he was a Drupal developer. Second is "Trello is now half-million strong." The headline, nor the article, told me what the heck Trello was.

Maybe this is conscious decision on the part of the HN moderators to keep out newbs.

Re: Vooza Mobile App

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Post by rauljara »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #11

I'm a bit confused. I feel like this is an extremely old joke at this point. Aren't we all pretty keenly aware of the memes and absurdities that crowd the startup industry? Am I missing some unique or new observation being made that hasn't been made 50 times already by pretty much everyone?

> Aren't we all pretty keenly aware of the memes and absurdities that crowd the startup industry?

Or, another way of putting it, 'Hasn't everyone on Hacker news been exposed to the same articles/knowledge/humor I have been exposed to?'

If something seems old and tired to you, yet is still getting upvotes, the answer is probably 'no'.

Re: Vooza Mobile App

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Post by hsuresh »

They forgot one item in the list of things they make fun of: "Create a landing page and collect emails without telling why/what they are signing up for, because it will be awesome".

Re: Vooza Mobile App

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Post by drharris »

sharkweek wrote: post #24
dclowd9901 wrote: post #11

I'm a bit confused. I feel like this is an extremely old joke at this point. Aren't we all pretty keenly aware of the memes and absurdities that crowd the startup industry? Am I missing some unique or new observation being made that hasn't been made 50 times already by pretty much everyone?

Taking it even a step further -- I'm jaded enough to believe they're actually going to piggyback off the promotion of this joke with a real product

I don't know if that's jaded... it's pretty realistic.
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