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Company blog · howaboutwe.com/date-reportculturestartups

HOWABOUTWE® is the company blog at howaboutwe.com, writing about culture and startups. Since 2010, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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7mentions?
6HN people?
2010–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers mention HOWABOUTWE as a dating service, citing its advertising, its NYT coverage as a variation on an idea, and a suggestion that it is fun for couples in SF. The comments do not discuss its writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

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    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-12-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. Maybe this was the site you heard about: http://www.howaboutwe.com/ They've been doing a significant blast of advertising lately.

    Comment linking /

    on “Why Online Dating (Still) Sucks, and a Simple Attempt at Fixing It”
  2. Submitted Match.com copies HowAboutWe - Here's HowAboutWe's response as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. For couples, http://www.howaboutwe.com is actually pretty fun. If you live in SF.

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    on “Google Shuts Down Schemer”
  4. Submitted Unforeseen Use Case for GroupMe: Dating Advice as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. There's a popular variation on this idea that has been featured in the New York Times: http://www.howaboutwe.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/fashion/04date.html

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    on “Tech co-founder sought for ambitious consumer web startup”
  6. Submitted Networking at SXSW: How to Tell if They're Interested in Business or Pleasure as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Does your idea compete with this one? http://www.howaboutwe.com/

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    on “We have a funded startup but no product”

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