Comments on: Want to download a file from Scribd ? Upload one http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/ Thoughts on Business, Marketing and Social Media Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Want to download a file from Scribd? Upload one – Part II http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Want to download a file from Scribd? Upload one – Part II Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:51:56 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-1140 [...] subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxA couple months back I wrote about an interesting(weird?) feature of Scribd that asked me to upload a file in order to let me [...] [...] subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxA couple months back I wrote about an interesting(weird?) feature of Scribd that asked me to upload a file in order to let me [...]

]]> By: mayankdhingra http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-708 mayankdhingra Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:53:48 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-708 <p>Did i tell u this <a href="http://bit.ly/Ikl7p" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/Ikl7p</a><br /> led to a nice discussion @slideshare’s off ?</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/mayankdhingra/statuses/2329553303" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Did i tell u this http://bit.ly/Ikl7p
led to a nice discussion @slideshare’s off ?

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]]> By: byrneseyeview http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-677 byrneseyeview Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:03:48 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-677 <p>That sounds like a cheap rhetorical trick. Here, let me try:When your document-trading site expects you to trade documents, there’s nothing to be upset about. When your music-downloading program expects you to expose yourself to massive legal liability, people get upset.</p> <p>Oh boy! Now, the people who agree with me get to feel superior about their existing beliefs. Fun stuff.</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=667502" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> That sounds like a cheap rhetorical trick. Here, let me try:When your document-trading site expects you to trade documents, there’s nothing to be upset about. When your music-downloading program expects you to expose yourself to massive legal liability, people get upset.

Oh boy! Now, the people who agree with me get to feel superior about their existing beliefs. Fun stuff.

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]]> By: mikeyur http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-676 mikeyur Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:12:42 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-676 <p>I like that idea. There is a bit of gaming/favoritism here (obviously) - seeing who killed it and why would shed some light on this (and/or make people think twice about killing a story just because they don’t agree with it - there are comments for a reason).</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=667299" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> I like that idea. There is a bit of gaming/favoritism here (obviously) – seeing who killed it and why would shed some light on this (and/or make people think twice about killing a story just because they don’t agree with it – there are comments for a reason).

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]]> By: mayankdhingra http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-674 mayankdhingra Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:16:02 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-674 <p>whoa, what makes this conversation flagging worthy ?</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=667145" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> whoa, what makes this conversation flagging worthy ?

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]]> By: ryanwaggoner http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-673 ryanwaggoner Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:19:19 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-673 <p>Pretty sure that all the YC alumni have the power to kill a story, so no need to get people to flag it. Could be wrong on that, though.Feature suggestion to PG: show who killed stories / comments and why (manual or due to multiple flags).</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666946" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> Pretty sure that all the YC alumni have the power to kill a story, so no need to get people to flag it. Could be wrong on that, though.Feature suggestion to PG: show who killed stories / comments and why (manual or due to multiple flags).

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]]> By: acangiano http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-672 acangiano Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:17:44 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-672 <p>O Scribd, what were you thinking? <a href="http://bit.ly/5bPvv" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/5bPvv</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/acangiano/statuses/2258041581" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> O Scribd, what were you thinking? http://bit.ly/5bPvv

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]]> By: ankhmoop http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-669 ankhmoop Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:01:02 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-669 <p>I hope it’s not due to the negative tone of the article and comments, coupled with scribd being a YC company — I believe flags are administrator-reviewed.</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666877" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> I hope it’s not due to the negative tone of the article and comments, coupled with scribd being a YC company — I believe flags are administrator-reviewed.

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]]> By: mikeyur http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-671 mikeyur Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:00:19 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-671 <p>We had a convo about this a couple days ago, but it was regarding experts-exchange <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663124" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663124</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666873" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> We had a convo about this a couple days ago, but it was regarding experts-exchange http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663124

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]]> By: mikeyur http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-scribd-upload-one/comment-page-1/#comment-670 mikeyur Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:50:19 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=762#comment-670 <p>Scribd got a bunch of people to flag it? (conspiracy theory)Original article link: <a href="http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-s&#8230" rel="nofollow">http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-s&#8230</a>;</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=666863" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a></i></p> Scribd got a bunch of people to flag it? (conspiracy theory)Original article link: http://mayank.name/2009/06/20/want-to-download-a-file-from-s&#8230;

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