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suckafree
16y ago
Yes, I do have an idea. And it is largely do to their user growth. This growth is not sustainable and will start to taper in 6-12 months. Facebook clearly is making money from ads (I'm not discounting this). It's been estimated at somewhere
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suckafree
16y ago
Free is not a business model. Within 12-18 months expect Facebook and Twitter to go the same route. Their burn rate is starting to catch up to them and Twitter's search deals will shrink.
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suckafree
16y ago
Nice list, but most of these are low hanging fruit and are already saturated with established players. The riches are still in the niches. Example: instead of losing weight, I'd focus on helping people gain weight. It's a much smaller marke
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suckafree
16y ago
I'd look at what JustAnswers.com is doing. They seem like a good fit in terms of what you're trying to accomplish with building a marketplace for translation.
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suckafree
16y ago
Good job. I like the space and your site brings real value to everyone coming to the table. URL is solid. I know it's early on, but I'd like to see some examples or sample translations somewhere. And when you can get some press and testimon
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suckafree
16y ago
Just because I don't have fancy science to back it up doesn't mean it's not true.
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suckafree
16y ago
Thank you for body slamming me. But in a nice way. I stand corrected.
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suckafree
16y ago
If all studies were based on such small sample sizes as this, then we'd all be in a world of hurt. I'm very surprised it got approved for publishing.
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suckafree
16y ago
Of course male professors answer females at a higher response rate. Those in the academia world rarely have hot wives. Professors get married later in life (this has to do with them having no lives outside of the lab). They then have to set
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suckafree
16y ago
I forgot to add the word "community". It should read: "The success of the StackOverflow community was built on the backs of smart programmers... And yes, SX2.0 will have a hard time building the critical mass around anything other than prog
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suckafree
16y ago
The success of StackOverflow was built on the backs of smart programmers who don't say anything unless they have something good to say. I've been to a few of the other StackExchange sites and the communities were not the same. Mostly the bl