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At this point, PH is more for SEO because, once you hit the top, tons of other websites will link to your product.

FinFam looks amazing. It's an interesting take on personal finance because I never really have a view of my own net worth. And, because of that, I have been having a feeling for a while that it causes me to be "too frugal" most of the times.

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Yep, from a founder's perspective PH is mostly an SEO thing. I'm not sure if it's the _best_ SEO thing, but I guess that's part of being a first-time founder!

Re: feeling too frugal, my friends came up with a name for it, "poor man brain" lol. I talk a little about it here: https://sedimental.org/announcing_finfam.html

Yeah, I think a lot of people who break into tech have a bit of a struggle to adjust to a high TC. I still remember back in the days having a convo about how Subway offered $8 for a foot long and we could eat it for both lunch and dinner during weekend... such a good deal. Meanwhile the company we were at was going IPO. Good old days lol.

The backlinks derived from PH are generally considered harmful, and rightfully so. It's gamed beyond belief. There is not much to gain from being at the top of PH other than talking about it to legacy VCs.

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