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Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by adventured on Saturday August 16, 2014 @05:05PM (#8187578)
It's a complicated line sometimes to walk.

Reddit for example faked their user base to get started, and have admitted such, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUME

This is a common approach to demonstrating a product early on when there's little to no traction. If users show up and it's a ghost town, they will leave.

Re:Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man ... by tptacek on Sunday August 17, 2014 @03:10PM (#8190120)
It's really not that complicated.