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Upvote us, downvote us, ignore us – I don’t care I think this is a good attitude to have, but I have to point out that obviously it matters a little. Otherwise, this post wouldn't exist.
I think the tone of the post was a bit combative (which is unnecessary), however, the posts clearly fit the guidelines of HN and were on a whole relatively interesting. There's nothing wrong with their posting habits. They quoted the number of posts they made on their blog but they didn't address whether: 1) they submitted more of their own blog posts to HN or 2) changed the content of their blog posts to appeal to H…
Upvote us, downvote us, ignore us – I don’t care I think this is a good attitude to have, but I have to point out that obviously it matters a little. Otherwise, this post wouldn't exist.
ps- you can't downvote articles anyway
Upvote us, downvote us, ignore us – I don’t care I think this is a good attitude to have, but I have to point out that obviously it matters a little. Otherwise, this post wouldn't exist.
Personally I like their posts, and it certainly doesn't bother me when they reach the front page of HN. The only thing I'm tired of is all the predictable hate that goes their way. In fact, I find it a little petty and embarrassing for HN.
No. Just Kidding.
Noah, take me off from the "some people aren't happy about this" list please. I think you're smart enough to read my post and understand what I pointed out back then.
It wasn't about whether I dislike the post or not. I was merely pointing out the marketing aspect 37signals did via the blog post (i.e.: the message for the audience), not the whole 37signals posts are everywhere.
Personally, I found quite a few of the posts to be a very interesting read (especially the stuff about caching).
Please, HN-ers, let's be friendly unless there really is a pressing reason not to be.
Upvote us, downvote us, ignore us – I don’t care I think this is a good attitude to have, but I have to point out that obviously it matters a little. Otherwise, this post wouldn't exist.
> During that period, there were 24,826 first time visitors to any of our sites who we could identify as having first gotten to us via Hacker News (in all, we received more like 105,000 unique visitors from Hacker News, but many of those were repeat visitors). 97 of those visitors signed up, with more than 85% of them electing the free plan. Left unsaid: how many of the 105,000 unique HN visitors are customers? Also…
I think the tone of the post was a bit combative (which is unnecessary), however, the posts clearly fit the guidelines of HN and were on a whole relatively interesting. There's nothing wrong with their posting habits. They quoted the number of posts they made on their blog but they didn't address whether: 1) they submitted more of their own blog posts to HN or 2) changed the content of their blog posts to appeal to H…
It does not appear as if they've submitted any of their own posts in the last couple months.