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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments. Engagement.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS?

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you need to provide RSS? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? are you going to leverage?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you need to provide RSS? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? are you going to leverage?

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The Men of Pinterest

InfoChachkie

Most focus on two things though, the amount of women that use the site and the amount of money dirty marketing people are going to make from it. He’s also collecting inspiration for the office space at Circa (his latest company). You guys are going to be rich!”. I guess I was right. Instead, let’s talk about the men of Pinterest.

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