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Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by ROFISH »

ivankirigin wrote: post #26

I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…

We use Dropbox here at work and it's great. Future looking, are there going to be tiers above 100GB?

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by fharper1961 »

Maybe it would be better if you could change the message before tweeting/posting to FB. I wrote something to DB that I didn't want to tweet. So I didn't do the last 2 steps, which were presumably the most important ones. I realize that not being able to change the message, is to try and ensure that the tweet is really about loving Dropbox.

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by mdwrigh2 »

ivankirigin wrote: post #26

I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…

Dropbox looks like a pretty amazing company to work for. Any chance you'll be hiring interns this summer?

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by ecuzzillo »

DannoHung wrote: post #44
ivankirigin wrote: post #26

I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…

Can I just pay for Terabytes of storage? No offense, but I like the job I have.

Seconded. (Dropbox is obviously an awesome place to work, but I still prefer my current situation at the moment.)

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by JeffL »

sliverstorm wrote: post #22
runjake wrote: post #4

Here's a more simple task I was able to perform for 50GB of space: 1.) Sign up for a $9 50GB membership. 2.) Go through their wizard to set up a recurring $9 Paypal payment. 3.) There is no step 3. Time spent: 3 minutes Karma spent: You support a great company that doesn't screw you over.

Very true. I only wish they had some smaller price steps; I can't commit to $10/mo. I'd love to give them money if I could buy, say, 25GB for $5 or 10 for $2.50

Yeah, I'd like to pay a small yearly fee for about 10 gb.

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by ivankirigin »

ROFISH wrote: post #81
ivankirigin wrote: post #26

I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…

We use Dropbox here at work and it's great. Future looking, are there going to be tiers above 100GB?

Shoot me an email: ivan@dropbox.com

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by ivankirigin »

jeremyf wrote: post #70
ivankirigin wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean your twitter and facebook data?

Yes. As much as possible - photos, text, etc. Edit: Ivan read my mind. Dropbox API project I now have. :)

That is really interesting. Might I suggest building that with the API? https://www.dropbox.com/developers

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by jemfinch »

gst wrote: post #27

I love Dropbox from a usability point of view, but unfortunately the missing encryption is the main reason why it's not an option for me right now. I'd like to also be able to backup sensitive data, but I don't trust the Dropbox employees with access to my data. Instead, I'm currently using Wuala which encrypts the data diretly on the client. An alternative to Wuala seems to be SpiderOak, which also features client s…

Dropbox has native clients, right? There seems to be no technical reason why they don't already have encryption.

Re: Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total)

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Post by akent »

spiffworks wrote: post #23
fragmede wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Closed source binary blob needed for client. Meaning it doesn't work on PPC/MIPS/ARM computers. (Not important to most, but it's a valid technical reason why not.)

I was just thinking about this. This is the only reason that would keep me from switching to an ARM smartbook if a good one ever came out.

I'm sure if ARM based netbooks ever became actually popular Dropbox would take the time to compile an ARM version of the client.
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