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But this may be a better idea than trying to rid the Internet of ads (the Stripd alpha business model).
Hey Alex, long time no speak! Here's some quick feedback. I have an incentive to collect these images and occassionally share them with friends. However, I don't think I have an incentive to start doing it on a group basis. This alone prevents me from using the site. I think the danger of this far outweighs the benefit that groups bring (getting cliques on the service in one shot). I think making this an individual t…
Hrm, it is similar to how there are always bikini clad women at tech conferences. I wonder where that chapter is in your standard marketing book.
> I wonder where that chapter is in your standard marketing book. In the marketing book I most recently read ("Buy-ology", I think it was called), the author claims that this technique doesn't work for advertising. People remember the bikini-clad woman, not whatever she was advertising. > Hrm, it is similar to how there are always bikini clad women at tech conferences. I think it is an excuse for the stereotypical se…
The bikini-clad women may induce riskier, gambling behavior; essentially, they increase the likelihood that you part with your money. http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~span/Publications/bk08nr.pdf [1]
It's a tried and true strategy for tech shows. I don't know about Las Vegas (CES) and Berlin (IFA), but in Tokyo and Taipei, definitely so. E3... goes without saying.
[1] IIRC, this isn't the paper that demonstrated this, but is the one I have handy in memory.
oh man. I love the idea of iteration but I think there are times in which it's time to move on to a new idea.
Serious commentry will resume after the blip.
I know many people deem Python as sexy, but when you start calling Python error screens sexy I think you have a problem. Serious commentry will resume after the blip.
Is this YC funded? http://stripd.com/about/
If you have a more open browse view, do add subcategories and an opt-in for different categories (s/categories/tags/g ? Whatever the cool kids are using these days.)
In any case do not show pictures on the groups page. Trust me here.
Good luck!