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Re:Show HN: Get a free, hosted static website and help me ou... by cableshaft on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:22AM (#13365967)
I think you might have had more luck with clickthroughs if you had posted a higher debt amount. $2000 is nothing, at least in the US. Between just student loans and my car loan I've got over 10x that amount of debt, and I have a smaller amount of student loans than the average nowadays (and many times less than several people I know, some of which have over $100k in student debt...with a humanities degree, even).

So anyway, when I saw that amount I was just like "Ha, that's nothing. My number is much higher." And I didn't feel that compelled to help. I don't really want to admit that, but I thought you should be aware of it, since it's your experiment.

Re:Show HN: Get a free, hosted static website and help me ou... by siddharthgdas on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:36AM (#13366117)
1. Would you have paid me if it was let's say $20,000, with you having a debt yourself ? 2. This experiment was for people might have seen this and said, "Ha, that's a petty sum, let's help him out". (Validated from the 8-10 connections I made through the experiment)
Re:Show HN: Get a free, hosted static website and help me ou... by siddharthgdas on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:49AM (#13366236)
Thank you for your ASKHN about html5 games, it was really helpful.
Re:Show HN: Get a free, hosted static website and help me ou... by cableshaft on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:40PM (#13378533)
You're welcome. Glad it ended up helping people. I didn't really follow up on what people suggested yet. Your comment reminded me that I should look into that again, so thanks :).