Too many startup start out trying to be the perfect bride instead of simply focusing on their users and making a great product. VC capital and other 'good stuff' is so far down the line when you set out that you do not need to spend an ounce of thought on it.

Concentrate on your users, that's where they key to any kind of success is. Once you've done that, no matter how exotic your tech choices were you're halfway there. Better to go off the beaten path and make a stellar product than to end up in mediocrity for playing it safe.

EDIT: parent has been edited, this reply now makes little sense.

Bah. I almost wish this place didn't have points, or at least didn't have them so visible. Just knowing they exist weighs on me, and discourages me from saying what I really think, towards what would be popular. I can't help it.

I wonder if the poster really would feel better with nickb's user id, after all he wouldn't actually be nickb...

Still, the system does seem to work(1). Perhaps this eternal fight with the inner "karma farmer" demon is the price we have to pay for effective group moderation.

(1) Unfortunately, there is only one data point, insufficient to form any firm conclusions