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Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by jtheory »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #79
notatoad wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the thing about business ideas where revenue is directly tied to the work you have to do: scaling is super easy. getting more questions than you can handle by yourself? hire some friends to help.

>" After you pay $10, I'll email you to start the conversation. You then share whatever it is you're looking for feedback on, and I'll tell you exactly how I feel about it. Most submissions are handled within a few hours, but some might take up to a few days. All submissions are completely private. " // Assuming he is an honest actor in this process he can't share your submission with anyone as then they wouldn't be…

Presumably he'd update that bit of text as part of expanding.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by tripzilch »

alukima wrote: post #44
7Figures2Commas wrote: post #25

> I'm Jordan, a 28 year old software developer living in California. I've always been direct and never had a problem telling it like it is. I have a wide variety of interests outside of work that include Finance, Men's Fashion, Diet/Nutrition, Weightlifting, Sports, Travel, Music, and countless other topics. Brutal honesty: nothing here leads me to believe that Jordan's feedback is any more useful than the feedback o…

If anything he's in a bit of a bubble based on his age, location and interests. If I pay for honest feedback I'd like to get it from someone who is not exactly like me.

Preferably someone much older, life experience seems like a pretty good indicator to me.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by runeks »

erikb wrote: post #48

This is a ridiculously awesome business idea. Either you'll make millions or nothing with that. But the costs aren't that high, and at least the buzz can be used for something else. Good luck!

> Either you'll make millions or nothing with that.

Or somewhere in between, more likely.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by DonHopkins »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #5

Angry man: WHADDAYOU WANT? Man: Well, Well, I was told outside that... Angry man: DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS! Man: What? A: SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!! M: Yes, but I came here for an argument!! A: OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse! M: Oh! Oh I see! A: Aha! No, you want room 12A, next door. M: Oh...Sorry...…

And I always thought gobutit was one word -- I've been saying it wrong all these years! I still think it would be a great name for a source code control system, though.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by ZenoArrow »

pessimizer wrote: post #75
ZenoArrow wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit sprung to mind for me too. This is a bad idea. Fine, you pay $10 for someone's honest opinion, but it's just one person's opinion, you really want to consult multiple sources to get a balanced view, otherwise you could make a bad decision based on another person being in a shitty mood (for whatever reason). Plus, I find friends will be honest with you if you expressly give them permission to be, and promise no…

You aren't legally prevented from spending $10 at other honesty vendors in addition to this one, or required to follow the advice in order to avoid a penalty.

There are other honesty vendors? Who else is doing this?

Plus, like vlunkr said, I don't know the guy, if I wanted the honest feedback of random strangers I can already get that for free on the Internet. It's not exactly like brutal honesty is in short supply, and if you target the right places it can be articulate as well.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Post by bhc »

7Figures2Commas wrote: post #25

> I'm Jordan, a 28 year old software developer living in California. I've always been direct and never had a problem telling it like it is. I have a wide variety of interests outside of work that include Finance, Men's Fashion, Diet/Nutrition, Weightlifting, Sports, Travel, Music, and countless other topics. Brutal honesty: nothing here leads me to believe that Jordan's feedback is any more useful than the feedback o…

That self-description and his picture (of himself drinking beer out of a bottle at a bar) gave me second thought about his ability to give an advice that's different than one that would be dispensed by a typical 20-something 'bro' working in IT.
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