jcnotchrist

I don't know about others, but I am definitely using emails less these days, but it has nothing to do with Twitter.

Perhaps because my job is relatively mobile, I am replacing a lot of emails with WhatsApp and Line. I have even started to use voice messaging, because it allows me to convey the tone of my message without having to go into an actual "discussion" with someone.

Although after reading other's comments, I am not brave enough to say that this is the future of email...

Thanks Anand for moving this away from the .xxx discussion (interesting as it may be). I am fascinated by early employees, since I'm also in the same boat. Although I must admit that my experience hasn't been as positive. While I acknowledge there are many contributing factors to my "less positive" experience, I do consider the lack of proper incentives a key issue.

So were financial incentives structured to increase your commitment? If so, how? I know this question could be a bit sensitive, so I don't expect comments on the details. I am just interested in the general structure or design of incentives, and how that affects the way you work.

Regardless of the Facebook "likes", this is still worth it, because now my tech co-founder knows that I'm super committed: http://blog.blackballsoftware.com/2011/06/01/how-far-would-y...

Thanks for the blog Ben!

Very funny comic!

So you reckon the correlation is based on Porn Hub's tag line? If this is the case, Porn Hub has done an amazing promotional job to get such a strong correlation.

Not just once, but in other variations too (e.g. "prn hub" and "orn hub")

Thanks, I'll definitely take some of the ideas on.

Question: Any advice on acquiring Facebook fans?

We just started 6 weeks ago, now got 1,000 users (200 regular), but only 50 FB fans. We have no money, so instead of doing "like us on FB to win XXX", I've resorted to "I'll eat one clove of garlic for every 10 new FB fans". Anyway, given that you've got 7,000 FB fans, I'm sure you can teach us a thing or two. Our site is: www.findfish.at (it has a link to our FB page there).

Wow - maybe you should have my tech guy! He's pretty awesome, check out his latest work here: http://bit.ly/f3MIbq

I know it's odd that I'm trying to give away my tech guy. I guess I feel like he deserves better. I spent a year full time pushing our products, got some investors interested but didn't close the deal. I am still doing my best to sell and we still feel hopeful, but given his skills, perhaps he'd go further with someone with more experience and contacts.

The downside is that we're based in New Zealand, so a bit far from N California. Anyway, feel free to get in touch with him if you want.

Thanks. Selecting the vital functions was difficult. But actually not as difficult as a "proper" development process. We didn't have to consult a big team of people with divergent interests, we didn't have any research on customer preference to analyze. There were just two people, 24 hours (greatly limits what you can do) and a relatively clear view of the end product (a map that shows the location of people whose FB status is single).

Sure, we could have gone over the 24hr limit and do a few more "nice to have" functions. After all, this is not a commercial contracts where the time constraint is real. But we stuck to our plan, put our pride aside and just accepted that the product will look a bit bit crusty (and people will tell us).

So far, no regrets - while we feel a bit embarrassed when people give us negative feedback, at least the app is out there and criticisms will only make it better.

We would love to get your feedback on our project - thanks!

Totally agree - this is why we want to maintain anonymity (unlike online dating). So would you find our app "less creepy" since we only show you dots on a map (with no contact details, chats...etc)?