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Re:Ask HN: how do I find unpaid intern? on Monday May 12, 2014 @03:58PM (#7735067)
ok, i understand your points. Thanks for the feedback.

what would be a reasonable rate to pay then?

Thanks.

Ask HN: how do I find unpaid intern?

Not that I am looking for a cheap labor, but the task itself is social media marketing to FB groups, forums, twitter, and blogs. so it is not extensive work, probably 10 hours a week.if the campaign works well, it can be extended / continued to a paid role. if not, this is a short term position that should last a month.Am I too unrealistic for this?Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: any Brazilians HN readers here? on Thursday May 08, 2014 @05:35PM (#7717846)
i guess no brazilians here? :(

Ask HN: what are other payment alternatives than Paypal for international users?

I am currently developing a two-sided marketplace that is similar to ebay, fiverr, etc, so it can cater international users.I have successfully integrate Stripe as I use Stripe to provide seamless user experience vs Paypal (which require users to Paypal login every time OR enter their CC every time).But as I think it over, I believe I need to integrate Paypal as an alternative for international...

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Ask HN: how should early stage two sided marketplace get its user?

Something similar to airbnb, ebay, where it needs two users, seller and buyer, to work the marketplace.how should an early startup gain its users? I assume some users would be reluctant unless seeing posts / listings.do you think it is ethical to post fake/superficial listings just to generate buzz? some early beta users would not want to post listing unless seeing a little start.just curious...

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Re:Ask HN: Need an attorney for my startup on Saturday March 08, 2014 @03:21PM (#7366257)
not sure if it helps, but have you try lawdingo?
Re:Ask HN: How important is Facebook Connect for startup? on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:18PM (#6938985)
Thanks for your input. I see the viral point if there is an auto wall post, but if user has to approve wall post, unless there is an incentive (like in game app when user tweet or FB post, they would get golds or coins for the game), I do not see why users would post in their wall unless they are truly a fan to the app/site/marketplace.

I am asking this question as I am trying to decide if I should implement FB connect to the marketplace startup that I am working on. If I do it, it would be for

sign up / registration

login

wall post when user post a listing

wall post when user buy a listing

the only thing that I find it a value is the wall post, but then if user does not authorize it, then it's useless nonetheless (unless I give incentive to post).

Re:Ask HN: How important is Facebook Connect for startup? on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:07PM (#6938933)
But wouldn't the same user a fool as well using FB connect as a login to all the forums and marketplaces? If one manage to crack his FB account, then go to the apps list, and sure the hacker has access to all of the forums, marketplaces, and other sites that uses FB Connect.

On the other hand, if you use one email and same password across all sites (but different email password), even if the hacker hacks the email, the hacker does not have the access to forums, marketplaces, etc. The hacker would have to hack each individual sites.

Re:Ask HN: How important is Facebook Connect for startup? on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:43PM (#6938119)
I see. Yes, that's what I thought as well, privacy issue.

But from the visitors point of view, if they use one email for all their forums/site/etc, wouldn't it be the same thing? If I am a user who value my privacy, I would not want to sign in via FB, instead I would use one email and one password for all. Easy to remember as well.

That's why I do not see why FB Connect is an important feature.

Ask HN: How important is Facebook Connect for startup?

Just curious, to me, FB Connect is just a lazy way for users to register / login, because I see that when user register, using FB Connect, it is just prefill the form (Name, email) while users have to fill in username (if required by the site) and password.I see that FB Connect can be used as a marketing tool for a startup (wall posting), but even then, wall posting is a user action, if users...

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Re:Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code? on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:06PM (#6721094)
Thank you for your response. So how should I protect the passwords? I assume you mean the users password?

Why source code is not the value? If they could hack it, then they can just deploy the same code in a matter of weeks?

oh, any suggestion on how to implement the admin backend access? Currently my admin access is just a subdomain, which I think is not secure access (although it requires admin credentials to access it).

Thank you.

Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code?

I am currently developing a marketplace startup that is ready to launch, but I am curious to know if I should install a firewall (that means upgrading my current shared hosted to a dedicated server) or should I just use a regular shared web hosted like 1and1, godaddy, etc?Can hackers really break easily into shared hosted server like 1and1 and godaddy and steal source code? Should I be worry...

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