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Re:Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total) by davecardwell on Monday November 22, 2010 @01:59PM (#1930892)
I’d love to see a write-up of your experiences with this page once it’s been up for a while (assuming your corporate masters would allow it).
Re:Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total) by ivankirigin on Monday November 22, 2010 @02:07PM (#1930914)
It wouldn't be a matter of corporate masters but of basic prudence. We've seen competitors straight copy other user acquisition channels and there are some important details on this page that might not be obvious. Luckily such lack of imagination shows in other ways.

Also, it isn't clear at all from this post that the page isn't done. There are important but missing steps, for example. Also, there is no link currently from the normal web experience to /free.

Such a write-up would be useful if only for us though. Writing codifies coherent thinking.

Re:Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total) by davecardwell on Monday November 22, 2010 @02:14PM (#1930933)
Ah, whoops. I wouldn’t have posted it here if I had known it wasn’t ready for public consumption. I think I came across it on a LifeHacker posting.
Re:Dropbox (YC S07): Simple Tasks for Extra Space (768MB total) by ivankirigin on Monday November 22, 2010 @02:19PM (#1930944)
It isn't a problem at all. I just wanted to stress that we made it public with a lot more to do. That matters in the context of some kind of write up about our experience.