My post, at its surface, appears full of "marketingspeak" and cliched language. But in essence, each of the points are directly implementable solutions that address the challenges raised by HN user in parent comment.
i) I provide a viable (albeit well known, but this doesn't make our strategy weaker) early growth strategy that targets a specific user group.
ii) Another well known but nevertheless essential custom for early startups. I understand that mentioning such basics may take away from my credibility, but we must realize that startups often fail because they forget the basics.
iii) I suspect this comment can be deemed too vague. It is encompassing the uniqueness of Agora/Dais, and expressing it by invoking comparisons to hacker news. My purpose is not to cozy up to the user base here, but to state the truth. Hacker news is highly unique in how well its content is organized and displayed. HN is also unique in how its user base interacts (content-oriented as opposed to profile-oriented). Agora/Dais respects HN and will learn from her best points. But we are not direct competitors. Targeted social capital of our product, its UI, and the targeted user base are all differentiated substantially.
iv) This point states a fundamental company operating principle. The vision of Agora/Dais is to dramatically improve the quality and quantity of debates held online and offline on relevant topics, and to see our platform become a facilitator for improved quality of life among our users. This is a very important point that will be highly featured in all of our presentations to VCs.