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Re:Show HN: Learn to Code for Free on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @06:50PM (#13018728)
Look forward to checking it out. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @02:30PM (#11996245)
Trello Tweetbot Buffer Overcast Pocket Spotify
Re:What Twitter Can Be on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @03:34PM (#9655233)
I see this as the biggest problem with Twitter also.

Twitter is my favorite app, but it's because I have spent five plus years curating my feed.

There is a fundamental problem with the way they onboard new users and this is why so many people don't stick around.

The onboarding process asks you to select interests and then recommends people to follow based on those interests.

However, they often recommend celebrities and 'popular' accounts.

These people are often terrible at Twitter, so new users see a bunch of boring, self-promotional content in their feed and don't come back.

Re:New PayPal policy opts you into getting robocalls on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @03:26PM (#9655170)
Or pay bills with a credit card and get points on the card for your trouble. Plus an extra month to pay.
Re:Here is my YC application. No interview on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @04:08PM (#6678317)
This is the first thing that stuck out to me also. It's a very polarizing topic and needs to be said differently.
Re:Ask HN: Is Seomoz lying? on Monday August 12, 2013 @09:57AM (#6199176)
Agreed. Depending on the search the #17 position might not appear until the third page. The vast majority of people don't get past the top three results and almost no one makes it to the bottom of page two or page three. You might get one extra visit a month moving from 40 to 17.

Also the penguin update doesn't specifically penalize new sites. It was primarily directed at sites with unnatural back link profiles.

Re:Never Say WordPress When Selling a Web Design Project on Thursday April 18, 2013 @12:52PM (#5571656)
I have had a similar experience with small businesses over the past year. Even if they don't know what WordPress is someone has told them that they should use WordPress.

I position any project as a way to increase business through design, SEO/SEM, conversion rate optimization, but I find frequently that WordPress is a selling point.

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