akligman

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   by akligman 15y ago

   Thanks that's really cool. We're checking it out now.
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   by akligman 15y ago

   Not really sure actually. We haven't had time to look into it yet. Just frustrating.
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   by akligman 15y ago

   Thx, We actually found it on another site (can't remember which one - too many bookmarks!), but it was a tutorial slider. We just thought the idea was cool and recoded it from scratch with jquery. Stupid thing won't work on an iPad yet...
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   by akligman 15y ago

   We are similar, true, but this is the central theme of IW - our sole focus. On wordpress it's kind of up to you to promote it. We're trying to improve what's just a 'feature' on many other sites.
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   by akligman 15y ago

   We filled in a few for demo purposes.. will be deleted :)
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   by akligman 15y ago

   We actually met a VC at SXSW this year who asked the same thing. We have a ranking algo - rying to avoid spam the same way Reddit does by only getting the best content promoted. We're thinking of building tools so users accounts time out or
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   by akligman 15y ago

   There aren't really obstacles, you're right. I know there are sites out there, but I guess I'm just lazy to find them. By centralizing some of the content, it may be easier to find. I think IW is also geared more towards the novice blogger,
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   by akligman 15y ago

   We've definitely studied AC. In our case, we're not telling anyone what to write about or incentivizing them by paying them (i.e., trying not to be a content farm here). Users simply write about their interests like on any blog. The idea is
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   by akligman 15y ago

   So the three of us are trying to quit our finance jobs and get into startups. Man.. that would be nice... None of us are bloggers, so we wanted to build something where we could post ad hoc content without having to create/build/maintain a
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    Show HN: Our first startup attempt: blogging without a blog(insideword.com)

    11 points by akligman 15y ago|25 comments
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    Our 2011 SXSW experience... by 3 SXSW virgins (figuratively, of course)(insideword.com)

    3 points by akligman 15y ago|0 comments