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Re:Tips for recruiting great developers on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @01:53PM (#853154)
If you have to pick only one, I think #15 should be it.
Re:Q: How best to populate a new site? on Friday September 11, 2009 @06:38PM (#818284)
Yeah, I read that one here - that's why I decided to repost my question from reddit here on HN...
Re:Q: How best to populate a new site? on Friday September 11, 2009 @06:37PM (#818282)
I've thought of using an FB app, but like you said - last year it would have been great: last year; instead of a quiz, some sort of game that collects the needed info peripherally might work (full disclosures in the game, to lessen the evilness of course)

Q: How best to populate a new site?

I've posted something similar on Reddit - but didn't get very far (most of the responses degenerated into a joke, but that's probably because my example was about a dating site)And, I saw a similar post here on HN which leads to the OP's blog at http://startupblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/inventing-demand/ - but I think that works only for places that do actually trade physical goods, like eBay...

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