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Unless service is so great that you have to leave a tip. I guess the culture in the US really puts tipping in a different light. When it becomes normal or close to mandatory I would say, to tip, so that workers get close to minimum wage, it really defeats the purpose. I guess I wanna tip when I feel that I'm getting more value than the amount I'm paying for and also when I'm not obliged to do so.

Anyways, aside from this point, whatever these startups are doing, are real shady. Them carefully choosing their words in the binding documents makes it even worse since they know the potential repercussions of these actions.

I'm not a customer of either services since I'm not in the US but tipping upfront before you even receive the service seems a little odd. Doesn't one tip for getting an outstanding over-the-top customer service and in order to do that, one should undergo the entire workflow till receiving the goods?

I feel that asking a user for the right username after they sign up wastes even more time when they can settle it all at once at the sign up page... The tips mostly reduce hassle and why cause them more trouble by alerting them that their username is already taken when they felt they're already set to use the site.

Doesn't this blog post further increase the negative advertisement for DecorMyEyes? I'm sure there are still many people out there oblivious to this.

It feels awesome to know of insights by people who think on the flip side of the coin. This article made me think, Yes this is so true, whatever I see at my workplace... It mirrors like 99% of the things mentioned in the article.

Maybe this is a good article to read. The author's opinions on why earning revenue first is better.

http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/06/03/revenues-first/

Just another point of view =P

1 mba guy < 1 technical guy < 1 technical+mba guy < 1 technical guy 1 mba guy < 2 technical+mba guys.

I remembered one post here that stated that the best return if you partner one 'business guy' is if that guy has things like contacts, a customer list, etc.

Probably the fake mustache won't work either cos you'd be telling all your friends that you got a fake mustache! And we're back to square 1.

Are this the same with other services like Gowalla? Cos anyone can make the jump from Foursquare easily.

Both services can post to Facebook anyways, so if it's for the same reason of telling people where you are, why are people still sticking on Foursquare?