Wouldn't that kind of Facebook spamming get you banned?
How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day
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#102Why was the title changed from "Show HN: The App Every College Dorm Needs (appsto.re)" to the one in the picture?
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#103FYI, I can't find Popcorn if I search for Popcorn in the App Store. I am able to find it if I search for Popcorn Messaging. I can just imagine many more people will find it if you'd call it Popcorn Chat.
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#104Nice post and always exciting to get a good start going. What I'm really interested in is the geographical dispersion of those 1,000 users (and however many you have now), how many conversations where actually formed, and the retention.
I guess people fire up an app just after installing it, wanting to take it for a spin, and if they can't form even one conversation since nobody's around them, it would greatly affect retention.
An interesting metric would be 'conversations per day' and if technically possible 'potential conversations per day', that is to say how many pairs of people with the app running where in 1 mile proximity to one another.
Also, it would be interesting to see whether users take the conversation elsewhere (facebook, twitter, whatsapp), at what stage (as one is leaving the location or before that), and if they do - how does it affect their app usage. Does it make them use the app more (for example, to seek more connections and friends now that they see it's effective for meeting new people), or less (they took the conversation elsewhere and their social needs were met for now).
Just my $0.02. Hope to see an Android version soon to test if myself! Good luck!
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#105You could do User.count no point to do User.all.count unpess you want a hole bunch of user objects build.
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#106You could do User.count no point to do User.all.count unpess you want a hole bunch of user objects build.
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#107You could do User.count no point to do User.all.count unpess you want a hole bunch of user objects build.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's promoting repeated posting of the same article in attempts to get lucky. It borders in the grey area of spam. Spam works. But it's still spam.
As the author notes, the fact that he finally did get a bunch of upvotes sort of proves that his posting wasn't spam to begin with. It was relevant to the community. What it shows more than anything else is that the system for achieving the coveted front page status is broken. I'm not sure what a good solution would be though.
It does show the importance of choosing a good title to attract enough attention to get to the front page. This is textbook copy writing.
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#109Out of curiousity, why would people choose this instead of WeChat?
www.wechat.com
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#110Congrats-- this app looks pretty cool.
I could definitely see this being useful/entertaining at a sporting event in a "join the conversation" kind of way. Everyone plays with their smartphone during breaks in the action anyway.