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scottmcleodon Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games

"..so I don't allow myself to buy a console." this is common with so many other people I know (and try to convince to game with me as Adults).

I think its all too common to watch Nextflix & HBO for 20 hours in a week, but video games are taboo, despite being more social and cognitively enhancing.

scottmcleodon Spotify may delay IPO to 2018 as it rethinks licensing deals

Its a failed model they cant win based on music industry - Apple to buy Spotify as loss leader eventually.

scottmcleodon Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure

Nice Snapchat files to IPO so they can pay Google bill. Wonder who wins in this long game...

scottmcleodon Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

Now if only they would leverage their piles and piles of cash for humanity.

scottmcleodon Google and Facebook ad traffic is 90% useless

This is on you. Build a better audience.

scottmcleodon Google and Facebook ad traffic is 90% useless

You just don't understand how to use the platforms. I'm generating millions of dollars in revenue for startups from both these channels each month.

These posts pop-up every now and then, what OP doesn't consider is they just aren't a good marketer.

scottmcleodon The Great Facebook “Boost”: How Click Farms Make Facebook's Paid Promos a Scam

I'll add that the current, Self Promoting UX is borderline scammy.

scottmcleodon The Great Facebook “Boost”: How Click Farms Make Facebook's Paid Promos a Scam

Maybe you have to practice and experiment to learn advertising channels. Or one of the other 30 variables that could have gone wrong here?

As far as I've seen every ad channel has spammy/scammy/bot like engagements but as long as they are factored into the cost its OK. Google search this same idea applied to every ad network.

Mis alignment of goal, ad channel and creative here, not a shitty platform.

scottmcleodon Back to school because entrepreneurship leads to mastery of nothing

I think you misunderstand, the mastery _is_ entrepreneurship. The ability to do whatever it takes to solve problems and be profitable, picking up skills along the way is just a means to an end.

scottmcleodon Yahoo Board to Weigh Potential Sale of Internet Business, Sources Say

Thanks for sharing

scottmcleodon Ask HN: How to move beyond “freelancer”?

Do good work. Over, and over, and over (referrals).

Know your worth. Be increasing your rates ever 6-12 months based on how much learning you've accomplished.

You're a consultant, not a freelancer. You want to be paid for your deep expertise and experience, not just your ability execute code/pixels/words etc.

scottmcleodon How to get actionable leads from Twitter in real time

You've released my secret! ;)

scottmcleodon 80+ Speakers in the First Ever Virtual Software Conference (AirPair W14)

Looking forward to a few of these

scottmcleodon Massive Twitter Botnet

Its just someone selling followers - he's overlapping his network to follow each other and then follow external. Maybe waiting to build legitimate followings for business, or selling followers for vanity.

He has automation for content generation but the algorithms/spinning sucks so less unique content is generated. There are many many botnets of larger and smaller sizes, but same shit applies on Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr (x100).

scottmcleodon Massive Twitter Botnet

You caught me!

scottmcleodon Ask HN: Where I can post my startup to get beta users?

Was more about the principle, talk to frickin' users!

scottmcleodon Ask HN: Where I can post my startup to get beta users?

By picking up the phone

scottmcleodon Knowing When to Flip.

Not sure if best second heading though, sort of took away from the valuable lesson you communicated.

scottmcleodon Knowing When to Flip.

So how do you get billionaires to smoke weed in your living room?

scottmcleodon Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress

Uhh duh? Can't have those closest to you acting up..