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Re:Forrst v3 Launched Today by steveklabnik on Monday December 20, 2010 @11:23AM (#2024749)
I'm interested to see how buying acorns works. It's sort of like a combination of virtual goods and advertising... I see programmers as being a hard crowd to sell to, (for example, see the second paragraph of this recent comment by patio11: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2018880) but maybe I'm wrong...
Re:Forrst v3 Launched Today by kylebragger on Monday December 20, 2010 @11:29AM (#2024766)
Very interesting. I think you may be right, but on the flip side, I'm eager to see if we can change that. We actually sold a bunch at a discount over the weekend (~500), so I'll be interested to see how much of that is pricing psychology vs. actual need. Either way, there are about 5 or 6 posts promoted actively, so people are using them. Can't wait to see how this plays out when there's much, much more data to look at.
Re:Forrst v3 Launched Today by code_duck on Monday December 20, 2010 @12:40PM (#2025077)
I'm interested in seeing how it works out, too.

I'm not sure what the motivation is to pay to promote the types of content you can post on Forrst, other than job ads. I guess I'll have to watch and see what people are using it for.

Re:Forrst v3 Launched Today by martin_sunset on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @02:57AM (#2027280)
For me it's about promoting my site when it's ready for the next beta phase. The stream is great, but you don't get that much exposure as normal posts are pushed down fast.