Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch

Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch by maxent on Thursday November 29, 2012 @09:14AM (#4847744)

Your project, Cucumbertown, is a cooking/recipe site/platform/network. Hacker News is not your audience/customer. Any "launch" on Hacker News is a fail, regardless of downtime.

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Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch by tzaman on Thursday November 29, 2012 @09:23AM (#4847789)

Couldn't disagree more. HN community is the most (brutally) honest and it's feedback can prove very valuable - regardless whether HNers are the target market or not.

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Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch by envex on Thursday November 29, 2012 @09:42AM (#4847903)

Just because you like hacking/coding/engineering/hn-job-title-here, you can't enjoy cooking?

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Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch by bdcravens on Thursday November 29, 2012 @09:47AM (#4847925)

I've never thought of HN as a marketing platform. It's a place for Hackers (perhaps the "news" fails to encompass the full site) to discuss PG's concept of hacking entrepreneurs. Far too many Show HNs target developers.

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Re:Post mortem of a failed HackerNews launch by ErrantX on Thursday November 29, 2012 @10:46AM (#4848294)

Cooking often requires hacking. Engineers love to cook. Also, startups often look for cheap/simple food to sustain them.

Cooking/food articles consistently do well here.

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