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Re:Ask HN: YC misses that went on to do well (like veed.io) by numair on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:13PM (#32725956)
The most amazing thing about this story is that Robert Morris, of all people, was the one who dismissed it as a spam company. Ironic, hilarious, something like that…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

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Re:Ask HN: YC misses that went on to do well (like veed.io) by rmetzler on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:18PM (#32726015)
Yeah, viral is just an adjective describing growth. Unfortunately it’s associated with both positive and negative impact.
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