The Hipsters are a Billion Dollar Industry
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#2You know, is it just me, or does it seem like working as an engineer for one of the internet gambling/porn sites would be both more fulfilling and challenging than 90%+ of these hipster-social-twitterscape-search-blogomisation things?
EDIT: why choose? cant i combine my love for vintage polaroid burlesque with modern erotic search engine optimization?
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#3I think it's a little odd how he chose to pile all those startups together.
For example, I think path is a much different animal than the others, and while I agree with his overall point (there are some ridiculous valuations going around), it's more of an angry rant than a critique of the apps themselves.
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#4I think it's a little odd how he chose to pile all those startups together. For example, I think path is a much different animal than the others, and while I agree with his overall point (there are some ridiculous valuations going around), it's more of an angry rant than a critique of the apps themselves.
You're right, it's more of a rant than I like. But I see it as more of a critique of the startup industry than specific apps.
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#5I suppose if this were the 70's he'd be dissing the folks who bought pet rocks. But seriously, why pass judgement on what other people think is worth buying? I've long since given up trying to figure out fashion trends or the people who report on them.
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#6You know, is it just me, or does it seem like working as an engineer for one of the internet gambling/porn sites would be both more fulfilling and challenging than 90%+ of these hipster-social-twitterscape-search-blogomisation things? EDIT: why choose? cant i combine my love for vintage polaroid burlesque with modern erotic search engine optimization?
instagram / socialcam strictly dedicated to uploading your own porn?
Someone must be working on it
Re: The Hipsters are a Billion Dollar Industry
#7You know, is it just me, or does it seem like working as an engineer for one of the internet gambling/porn sites would be both more fulfilling and challenging than 90%+ of these hipster-social-twitterscape-search-blogomisation things? EDIT: why choose? cant i combine my love for vintage polaroid burlesque with modern erotic search engine optimization?
instagram / socialcam strictly dedicated to uploading your own porn? Someone must be working on it
They do have that, it's called Tumblr.
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#8I think it's a little odd how he chose to pile all those startups together. For example, I think path is a much different animal than the others, and while I agree with his overall point (there are some ridiculous valuations going around), it's more of an angry rant than a critique of the apps themselves.
You're right, it's more of a rant than I like. But I see it as more of a critique of the startup industry than specific apps.
@DavidZhangToGo - out of curiousity, what exactly does Simply.io do? [EDIT]: This isn't meant to read as a snarky comment - I am truly curious.
Re: The Hipsters are a Billion Dollar Industry
#9I suppose if this were the 70's he'd be dissing the folks who bought pet rocks. But seriously, why pass judgement on what other people think is worth buying? I've long since given up trying to figure out fashion trends or the people who report on them.
Genius! That's an app!
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're right, it's more of a rant than I like. But I see it as more of a critique of the startup industry than specific apps.
@DavidZhangToGo - out of curiousity, what exactly does Simply.io do? [EDIT]: This isn't meant to read as a snarky comment - I am truly curious.
We're just a bunch of college kids hacking away and trying to explore different projects, and hopefully turn it into a successful startup.