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Launched Dropbox solo to dismissive comments

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Dropbox's launch post on Hacker News was trashed as a bad idea

Jack points out Drew Houston announced Dropbox in the Hacker News Show section as a solo founder, and the still-visible comments are full of people calling it a terrible idea they don't need because they have a USB stick.

“Drew Houston, I think when he was a solo founder, announced his Dropbox idea in the Hacker News show section. You can actually still see the post online. This is another bit to bear in mind is if you look on that post now, all of the comments are about how his idea is so terrible and it's definitely going to fail. People are like, "Why do I need this? I've got a USB stick. This is a shit idea."”
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Dropbox was called a terrible idea in its Hacker News debut

Jack notes Drew Houston announced Dropbox in the Hacker News Show section as a solo founder, and the still-visible comments mocked the idea, with people insisting a USB stick made it pointless.

“Drew Houston, I think when he was a solo founder, announced his Dropbox idea in the Hacker News show section. You can actually still see the post online. This is another bit to bear in mind is, if you look on that post now, all of the comments are about how his idea is so terrible and it's definitely going to fail. People are like, "Why do I need this? I've got a USB stick. This is a shit idea."”
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