Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money on the web?

Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by rhizome on Sunday February 12, 2012 @03:22PM (#3582871)

In my, ahem, limited experience, it seems like a well-constructed site is very much needed. Most have only the most rudimentary, earlier-this-decade, styles of filtering.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by itmag on Sunday February 12, 2012 @05:29PM (#3583240)

I wonder if YC would take a porn startup?

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Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by kappaknight on Sunday February 12, 2012 @08:55PM (#3583836)

Really? I thought porn led the way in many of internet's advances. (i.e. secure billing online, video streaming, security, etc.)

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Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by rhizome on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:07AM (#3584693)

I'm certainly no expert, but the free *Tube sites I've seen are pretty ghetto. Maybe it's better once you start paying, but for instance I'm always seeing stuff I'd rather not in the listings for whatever category. It might be like dating sites, though, where the business model is to keep you on the site irrespective of why you're there, so there's no incentive to make things easy to find.

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