I opened a dozen hackernews tabs and then went to go do something else. When I came back to this I found myself looking at the home page of "MEMERABLE", a progressive member monetization service, and I spent a good few minutes trying to figure out what in the hell they actually did...
> I opened a dozen hackernews tabs and then went to go do something else. When I came back to this I found myself looking at the home page of.... and I spent a good few minutes trying to figure out what in the hell they actually did...
so, in other words, just a normal day browsing HN...
Reminds me of my dial-up days- go to /., click every link and open all the comments, then go take a shower, make dinner, and by the time I sat down to eat all the links had loaded!
Same thing happened to me also.. This is one of those times when I really wished that my browser would tell me how the heck did I end up on this particular page..
KnowHeckHere - Have you ever wondered how the heck you got here, with KnowHeckHere give up wondering and start KNOWING.
"KnowHeckHere was knowing about where I was, where I'd been and how the heck I got where I was, all the things I wanted in an app" Barston McReedy - Mitchell, Nevada.
Offendy has both a CKO and a CNO? Presumably the Chairman is the only one doing any work.
This quote was on the money: "It’s an unique opportunity to meet awesome people and change the world!" It reminds me of the old (old, old...) fake Army recruitment slogan something like "Join the Army! Travel the world, meet interesting people, and then kill them."
I just turned up "WasteIgnite": http://tiffzhang.com/startup/index.html?s=31556537750 -- "WasteIgnite was founded by people who love wasting just like you! Enter your favorite ways to waste and we'll help you fit it all in. Since we're using righteous technologies, you can count on us next time you waste."
YOUR TRUSTWORTHY TOOTH.
Youtooth was created to help you find teeth in your area. From local teeth to national brands, no one knows teeth like Youtooth. No one.
Yellly is why you'll never yell the same way again.
'One of the biggest challenges we faced after we hit our early goals was how do we stay top-of-mind and keep our users engaged? Enter Yellly. Problem solved.'
Chelsey Nino
Perry, Florida"
No fancy algorithms (yet), no automation (yet). I will personally send you a foot I think you'll like every day, entirely determined by your preferences. Each foot will come as a surprise, probably not at the same time every day.
>I will personally send you a thief I think you'll like every day, entirely determined by your preferences. Each thief will come as a surprise, probably not at the same time every day.
You joke about it, but make the experience smooth enough and I bet people would pay a couple of cents per post to participate in an internet argument. It'd be like an auction to see who got the last word in.
as soon as i saw the redirect seizure my browser was enduring i thought i'd never get out. somehow, one click of my back button brings me back to HN... (Chrome).
The way the webpage looks is like every startup ever. Heck, even my company's website looks like that (It had a great design, until my boss decided it wasn't startupy enough)
"One of the biggest challenges we faced after we hit our early goals was how do we stay top-of-mind and keep our users engaged? Enter Undressme. Problem solved."
>Your interactive football.
>FootballWork is a different kind of football app.
>We searched through a lot of providers and plans to find a good fit for our business. FootballWork made it easy to find the right fit for my business and my budget. -Marisa Stewart, Buffalo, New York
>One of the biggest challenges we faced after we hit our early goals was how do we stay top-of-mind and keep our users engaged? Enter FootballWork. Problem solved. -Christian Escovar, Ellinwood, Kansas
It's a... B2B Football As A Service company? Genius!
Poking around the generators.js and data.js files for a while, it's an interesting quick-and-dirty approach to producing a surprising variety of passable copy. After perusing the word lists, it makes me wish I had the time to figure out the seeds to generate BuzzKill, KnitJogr or TerrifyAdvisr.
I guess I'll have to content myself with RobInspire, a different kind of robing [1] app:
This is great! After I clicked through a few of those I switched to another open tab in my browser, where an actual startup website was displayed and for a few seconds I wasn't sure if it was another random one.
This is hilarious. I started doubting this is random.
http://tiffzhang.com/startup/?s=1256537720
"START SPELLING.
Spelling. Everyone talks about it but only the truly delightful are able to spell day in and day out. Here at Spellly we understand your commitment and want to give you what you need to take your spelling to the next level."
It is hard to tell though whether the audience is dyslexic or spelling bee participants.
I guess one of the ways they generate names is to take an "er"word and remove the e. Didn't work quite right in this case... http://tiffzhang.com/startup/?s=639366650
"MEET STER.
Steering. Everyone talks about it but only the truly discreet are able to steer day in and day out. Here at Ster we understand your commitment and want to give you what you need to take your steering to the next level."
But some of those ideas are good! Seriously, though:
> First, go and find out about Github. Figure out what it is they do, how they attract users, and how they make money. Github is already operating well in the Programming space, but perhaps the same basic ideas can be applied in the Photography space. That's where you come in.
This is great—well done. I've been looking at this for the past half-hour now.
A few weeks ago, I made a Twitter bot with a similar concept, centered around the "Show HN: A[n] {adjective} {noun}, written in {trendylang}." It has more variation of words (it pulls from WordNet), but it just generates headlines:
https://twitter.com/hn_ideator
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YOUR RIGHTEOUS FUNERAL. Funeralable is the last word in righteous funerals. We know you never settle for less than the best and neither do we. Drive with professional grade tools and strike your future.
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start sinning. Sinning. Everyone talks about it but only the truly dashing are able to sin day in and day out. Here at Sin we understand your commitment and want to give you what you need to take your sinning to the next level.
Like No Other Black. Share your favorite blacks and discover new ones. With Blacky you never know what you might find!
FOR THOSE WHO VANISH. Vanishstr is why you'll never vanish the same way again.
Takeaway: Check your copy for the same things that come up in the random websites. If you write the same stuff, it's apparently highly generic and pointless.
Disasterable is the last word in hip disasters. We know you never settle for less than the best and neither do we. Control with professional grade tools and benefit your future.
"When I needed a new disaster my best friend told me about Disasterable. I gave it a try and was completely thrilled!"
MODERN. PROGRESSIVE. UPBEAT.
You like to scare. Smartscare does too.
"Definitely recommended. Great experience, which gave us a better perspective and helped to solve several business problems."
"As a professional in the scaring industry, I tell all my new clients to start out with an account on Smartscare. It puts them miles ahead of the competition and makes my job that much easier!"
Your Devoted New Government.
Introducing the world’s first clever government.
> Thanks to Governmenthub we now have beautiful, connected governments every day. Our customers are happy and engagement has drastically increased. Highly recommend!
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