zinghaboi

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Ask HN: Does live chat support really increase conversions?
2 points by zinghaboi 10y ago|1 comments
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
I was just having a chat with a few people in a few Indian villages which got connected to internet in last 1-2 years. A few of my observations: 1. They think FB/Whatsapp is NOT internet. Internet is meant to be accessed through browse
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Why isn't facebook running this programme in USA? There are 50 million Americans without internet. Although 50 million is not as big as 600 million Indians without internet, it is still bigger than populations of many countries Faceboo
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Things like lobbying are illegal in India.
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
I figured out that people bond with other people better by engaging in 'wasteful activities'. I figured out the importance of "fitting in". It is funny but I couldn't realize it in the first 24 years of my life. I h
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Full unrestricted WSJ article: https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Fa...
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Reaching out to poor people is a poor propaganda excuse to make sure the regulator doesn't come after them. Free Basics is being advertised in metropolitan areas, not poor villages. Why waste money advertising it on TV Channels which o
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
> I think you underestimate people's intelligence. More so, if they only want to use Facebook, or don't want to use anything else enough to pay for it, what's the problem? Would people have moved to Facebook from Myspace i
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Is he really a VP at Facebook or just a troll?!
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Facebook rather spend that money on Billboards, advertising "Free Basics". Facebook should come clear on what it is gaining from "Free Basics" instead of acting as an angelic, non-profit. Or is all the money they're
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
I hope this turns into a more permanent decision. Indians need to keep sending emails to TRAI. Indian government should be worried about handing over private details of Indians to the NSA on a silver platter. But even without that risk, Fre
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Lets look at two extremes. ->India without net neutrality: Everyone has free Facebook. "Free basics" didn't help in advancing electrification of the country but it did provide free facebook/wikipedia to everyone. So 3
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
I think their "free basics" is geared towards people who already have internet. They are not exactly going to remote villages and electrifying them. Imagine how hard it would be for Indian startups when you need a 'license&#x
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by zinghaboi 11y ago
Americans need to be much more worried about corruption than India. At least it is illegal in India.
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by zinghaboi 12y ago
I actually enjoyed reading the description for pricing plans.
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Ask HN: Should I worry about the low number of authorized shares in startup?
1 points by zinghaboi 12y ago|0 comments
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by zinghaboi 12y ago
Thanks for your suggestions. So should I ask the attorney who did a $1000 worth of legal work to act as our banking address? We don't formally have a law firm which represents us. Just got some stock agreements executed. Can you sugges
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Ask HN: Can somebody help us with banking for our startup?
1 points by zinghaboi 12y ago|2 comments