Re:Co2Stats (YC summer 08) compensates for your site pollution
by ia on Thursday August 14, 2008 @02:47PM
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i wonder if this is the yc startup that pg mentioned at the hacker meetup monday night--the one with the idea that initially seemed "kind of crazy". pg?
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Re:Co2Stats (YC summer 08) compensates for your site pollution
by pg on Thursday August 14, 2008 @05:55PM
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Yes, it was CO2Stats.
Re:Co2Stats (YC summer 08) compensates for your site pollution
by SwellJoe on Thursday August 14, 2008 @04:28PM
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pg has said that of a few YC startups. Justin.TV was the first I know of (and it did sound pretty damned crazy to start with...now that there are dozens of imitators, it seems perfectly normal).
Re:Co2Stats (YC summer 08) compensates for your site pollution
by nostrademons on Thursday August 14, 2008 @06:53PM
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Reddit was also borderline crazy when they came out - I remember thinking "Interesting idea, but why the hell would anyone use this?" Now a social news site is about as cliche as you can get.
Being borderline crazy actually seems to be a good indicator of success, as long as you're a.) not completely crazy and b.) stick around in the game long enough for other people to come around. I think Tony Wright said as much in one of his posts here...