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Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by mleonhard »

phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

Yes, let's all keep up the kind nitpicking and teaching.

Dear Newcomers to HN, Welcome! Every time you write a comment, please aim for quality over quantity. Explain why. I look forward to reading your comments like this one in 2030.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by eloff »

phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

My HN account only goes back 7 years, but I've now been trying to start something for more than half of my life - over 18 years now and counting. HN has gradually (because I'm too stubborn, see above) shaped my views. I feel good about my latest attempt in progress.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by mleonhard »

pascalxus wrote: post #18

I think it's awesome that HackerNews exists. Sadly, every other platform on the internet seems to criticize and discourage new products (except product hunt).

I spent >1 year building a new dating app. Somebody posted a dating app idea on reddit that closely matches what I built. I messaged the author asking for feedback on my design. They didn't reply and even downvoted my comment on their thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dating/comments/exzcsm/dating_app_i...

There are all kinds of people in the world. I'm glad HN exists.

HN mods: Thanks for your hard work.

HN commenters: Thanks for being kind.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by mbesto »

phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

Oh wow, fellow 2010'r here as well. Agreed with everything you just said.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by cosmodisk »

I'm not much involved with web dev so my knowledge of A/B testing tooling isn't great. However,I went on to your website to check the product, clicked around for a bit and I was like: 'ok,this is good,yes,this one's nice too. What about x,y,z..Oh, they've got these too'. And suddenly there's a shower of ideas for A/B testing for any future project. Looks like a good product,well done!

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by OzzyB »

dang wrote: post #74
OzzyB wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you think is going on? The call went out to upvote and "Congrats" spam this thread -- just look at the comment history on those accounts -- all inactive/active at around the same time. I guess that's the lesson being taught here, have an army of sockpuppet accounts ready for your "Tell HN" thread and grow your business!

That's not accurate, and this comment breaks the site guidelines against making accusations of astroturfing and manipulation without evidence. Please stick to the rules when commenting here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . It's not ok to impugn someone's integrity just because of how something happens to look to you. The overwhelming majority of the time, these conclusions are wrong, it's the inter…

LOL whatever you say dude just flag me but don't insult my intelligence xD

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by lpellis »

Congrats! It always amazes me that there are still big/old players in a field that I thought I was familiar with.. I have seen many A/B testing tools but somehow never yours, I must be living in a different Google bubble. Guess that shows that there is always room for more players.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by rajekas »

Wow, small world. I had a brief exchange with you when you were an intern at IISc in the summer of 2006 and came to a talk of mine.

At that time you were interested in the cognitive abilities of bacteria, but looks like you took a different but equally successful path.

Congratulations!

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