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I bet Dang's public note of thanks is worth so much more than the subscription revenue that it barely matters if they pay or not.

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Exactly, this post was such a lovely gesture and the HN team know there is an account for them if they want one (gotta say thanks, afterall, we did launch with a SHOW HN post!)

Oh wow - so you did!

Show HN: Little Warden, monitoring the tedious things about websites - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15199067 - Sept 2017 (30 comments)

So "we'll pay you with EXPOSURE"?

I pay my mortgage with exposure

How's that?

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I think that comment is mostly pointed at people who don't actually have "exposure" to barter with. I'm sure a lot of people would do commissions for "free" if it meant they got put at the top of BigSite.com.

But, of course, bigsite.coms tend to have the funds required to not have to ask people for free labour.

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