Comment by luser001
14 years ago
Hmm, I just pasted the 11kclub URL into my browser. The front page has no info on what this is about, but you still go ahead and ask for some personal info.
I looked at the favilous front page. It looks pretty decent. Good luck.
11k is part of a social experiment to see if people will sign up to something they know nothing about just because it is exclusive. And thanks, appreciate it.
So then wouldn't it have been better to use the negative comments as data?
The "Join Me" book by Danny Wallace was written about his experience creating a cult. He was very vague, just asked people to join and submit a photo. Once they gained a critical mass, they were asked to perform "random acts of kindness". So, the 11kclub not getting a good reception on HN should have been expected. People here are always asked to sign up for some wishywashy buzzword filled website with promises of "changing the world". The reason Danny Wallace's cult signed so many people up is because he had his audience targeted correctly. HN is not a good target audience for "social bookmarking" nor for some "unknown cult".