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Re:Crapmania by ABrandt on Sunday May 09, 2010 @10:54PM (#1333404)
I really have to admire Zed's use of all things lean here. It looks like a bare-bone site with no architecture to speak of, but there seems to be just enough content to create a compelling value proposition. This is an MVP if I've ever seen one. With just a couple hundred words of plain text, he can actually test whether there's a market or not. Very inspiring.

That being said, the name could be a deal breaker. In fact, it almost makes me think that the whole thing was put together tongue-in-cheek. It just screams "a place to buy a bunch of low quality junk."

Re:Crapmania by ojbyrne on Sunday May 09, 2010 @11:40PM (#1333487)
Funny, because my first thought was "wow, awesome domain name. How was that not taken?"
Re:Crapmania by bvi on Monday May 10, 2010 @06:48AM (#1334039)
Because, to me at least, it sounds like crap.
Re:Crapmania by ojbyrne on Monday May 10, 2010 @05:37PM (#1336031)
But some people will admit to loving crap. Lots of crap, the more, and the more crappy, the better. Some people will wax enthusiastic about the crap they love.
Re:Crapmania by jessor on Monday May 10, 2010 @02:25AM (#1333728)
I think the name might just work great because of that tongue-in-cheek.
Re:Crapmania by mayanks on Monday May 10, 2010 @09:17AM (#1334307)
only to catch your eye. I can imagine it dying down quietly after the initial 'wow wow'
Re:Crapmania by zedshaw on Monday May 10, 2010 @12:10AM (#1333542)
That's the idea, just put it up and see if anyone gets it.

I was thinking the name screamed, "The internet's dollar store!" But yeah, then I liked it.

Re:Crapmania by gjm11 on Monday May 10, 2010 @05:15AM (#1333932)
A dollar store where serious sellers are meant to be identified by having paid a tax of >= $1 per item (for the image)? I hope you don't mean "dollar store" too literally.
Re:Crapmania by friendstock on Monday May 10, 2010 @01:01AM (#1333624)
yes, great MVP!