Comments on: The Wrong Way to Get Noticed by YC http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/ Let's see what happens Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Patrick http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Patrick Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-31 You found a good community to f**k up with. YC loves this sort of stuff. Keep at it. You found a good community to f**k up with. YC loves this sort of stuff.

Keep at it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Anonymous Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:29:38 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-28 As if he took the server down. He was throttled, plain and simple. As if he took the server down. He was throttled, plain and simple.

]]> By: Sam http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Sam Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:21:11 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-27 I lol'ed when I first read this...I'm surprised nobody did it earlier actually. I lol’ed when I first read this…I’m surprised nobody did it earlier actually.

]]> By: mattm http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-26 mattm Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:25:54 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-26 Alex, what are you talking about? That doesn't even make any sense. Alex, what are you talking about? That doesn’t even make any sense.

]]> By: Alex http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Alex Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:56:52 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-25 YC readers deserve the title "hackers" indeed. Because, you know, even if you're a crappy programmer, you are still elite if you follow that which spews forth from lord PG's mouth. YC readers deserve the title “hackers” indeed. Because, you know, even if you’re a crappy programmer, you are still elite if you follow that which spews forth from lord PG’s mouth.

]]> By: Fernando Correia http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Fernando Correia Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:37:43 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-24 Take it easy on the kid; everybody kills HN on their first trip. Take it easy on the kid; everybody kills HN on their first trip.

]]> By: Hannes http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Hannes Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:31:01 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-23 Search robots crawl much slower. But it IS quite a sign of bad administration if a single person/computer can kill a site by simply crawling. :o Search robots crawl much slower.
But it IS quite a sign of bad administration if a single person/computer can kill a site by simply crawling. :o

]]> By: Dan Grossman http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Dan Grossman Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:29:39 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-22 Doesn't it indicate something horribly wrong with the way the site is built if a single computer, on a residental ISP, takes it down with a basic crawler? Why don't search bots do the same to it? Doesn’t it indicate something horribly wrong with the way the site is built if a single computer, on a residental ISP, takes it down with a basic crawler?

Why don’t search bots do the same to it?

]]> By: StealthCrawler http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-21 StealthCrawler Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:56:47 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-21 As Ashley Williams said, just insert a call to sleep() with a random value between 5-10 seconds. As Ashley Williams said, just insert a call to sleep() with a random value between 5-10 seconds.

]]> By: Xero http://www.mattmazur.com/2008/08/the-wrong-way-to-get-noticed-by-yc/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Xero Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:56:27 +0000 http://www.mattmazur.com/?p=75#comment-20 You got yourself to page 1 of HN. And now you got me reading your post (for the first time). I think you are doing OK. Hopefully you will let us see what your index can do for HN. Peace. You got yourself to page 1 of HN. And now you got me reading your post (for the first time). I think you are doing OK. Hopefully you will let us see what your index can do for HN. Peace.

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