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Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one by keepamovin on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @02:48AM (#43468623)
Well, no offense to you and I don't question your sentiment nor caution, but your comment has the connotation of the infamous Dropbox comment[0], and even the beginnings of YouTube (which started as a personal vlog / dating site, IIRC).

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

I wish them the best of luck!

Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one by TheDong on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:15AM (#43468724)
The thing is, those "famous comments" are a form of survivorship bias.

"People are saying Google Glass was silly, sounds like a dropbox comment, surely it'll become the next big thing"

"People are saying the Humane AI Pin is useless, you can just use your phone, sounds like the dropbox comment lol"

"People criticized ScamCoin5000 saying 'just do a regular ponzi scheme with cash lol', people also said 'just use ftp' about dropbox, so surely ScamCoin5000 will be the biggest thing since sliced bread"

It's a frustrating thought-terminating cliché, and I'm really tired of hearing it at this point. "The internet started small, so that means the crypto/our ICO/NFTs/metaverse/AI is also just at the beginning but will become huge", uh huh, sure.

Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:21AM (#43468750)
To quote Carl Sagan, on an older form of this phenomenon: “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one by dllthomas on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @11:01AM (#43472178)
Though tbh I might take Bozo over Columbus.