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Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

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Post by samyar »

stackghost wrote: post #5
chistev wrote: post #4

I posted this 23 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100511 I've been enjoying past discussion threads on HN, currently in 2012. Interesting conversations about how Facebook would fail back then, lol, and about how Bitcoin would not be as valuable as it is today. Who would have known? Great site, this.

HN is (in)famous for being bad at predicting success or failure, cf. Dropbox. Lots of very intelligent people here but, no offense to anyone, this is the last place I'd come to get product advice.

Hn is the place where smart ppl give you feedback. I have benefited in many ways from hn.

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

#13

Post by lisbbb »

stackghost wrote: post #5
chistev wrote: post #4

I posted this 23 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100511 I've been enjoying past discussion threads on HN, currently in 2012. Interesting conversations about how Facebook would fail back then, lol, and about how Bitcoin would not be as valuable as it is today. Who would have known? Great site, this.

HN is (in)famous for being bad at predicting success or failure, cf. Dropbox. Lots of very intelligent people here but, no offense to anyone, this is the last place I'd come to get product advice.

It's because this site is inhabited by redditors who downvote comments such as yours for no other reason except to preserve the paper thin veneer of their superiority.

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

#14

Post by lisbbb »

samyar wrote: post #11
stackghost wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is (in)famous for being bad at predicting success or failure, cf. Dropbox. Lots of very intelligent people here but, no offense to anyone, this is the last place I'd come to get product advice.

Hn is the place where smart ppl give you feedback. I have benefited in many ways from hn.

Except most of them are just book smart (if that) and have little real-world experience.

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

#15

Post by wojciii »

stackghost wrote: post #5
chistev wrote: post #4

I posted this 23 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100511 I've been enjoying past discussion threads on HN, currently in 2012. Interesting conversations about how Facebook would fail back then, lol, and about how Bitcoin would not be as valuable as it is today. Who would have known? Great site, this.

HN is (in)famous for being bad at predicting success or failure, cf. Dropbox. Lots of very intelligent people here but, no offense to anyone, this is the last place I'd come to get product advice.

Funny you say this.

I noticed that product that succeeded are almost always products that I wouldn't buy.

So I could be used to determine the success of products. If I like it ..forget it. If i wount buy it, the the uneashed masses will and it will be a commercial succes.

I should sell this as a service ..

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

#16

Post by ultratalk »

wojciii wrote: post #15
stackghost wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is (in)famous for being bad at predicting success or failure, cf. Dropbox. Lots of very intelligent people here but, no offense to anyone, this is the last place I'd come to get product advice.

Funny you say this. I noticed that product that succeeded are almost always products that I wouldn't buy. So I could be used to determine the success of products. If I like it ..forget it. If i wount buy it, the the uneashed masses will and it will be a commercial succes. I should sell this as a service ..

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2270/

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

#17

Post by wojciii »

ultratalk wrote: post #16
wojciii wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny you say this. I noticed that product that succeeded are almost always products that I wouldn't buy. So I could be used to determine the success of products. If I like it ..forget it. If i wount buy it, the the uneashed masses will and it will be a commercial succes. I should sell this as a service ..

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2270/

Hahah. I'm pretty bad at selecting winning stocks. This could be me.

Re: Looking for Decent Conversation?

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Post by samyar »

lisbbb wrote: post #14
samyar wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hn is the place where smart ppl give you feedback. I have benefited in many ways from hn.

Except most of them are just book smart (if that) and have little real-world experience.

I think we disagree on a fundamental level. what i have perceived in HN is that most ppl here tries to point out different angles of things. even if you post something totally positive and beneficial there will be someone to point out the weak points and i love it (you can ignore them or not).
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