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PaperclipPerfector  2mo ago (text post)   3136 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 25, 2024

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This is a total shot in a dark.

But, does anyone in the bay area want to start a reddit competitor ? I don't wanna talk much more about it.

If you are:

  • Senior+ level fullstack engineer
  • Could rebuilt old-reddit from scratch if they had to (at moderate scale)
  • Has strong intuitions & opinions about every part of the stack
  • Likes to mentor
  • At a FANG-ish/Unicorn and
  • In the SF/LA area
  • Moderately presentable

Then I would love to talk to you.

I have fleshed out a lot of it pretty well. But wanna see if there are people intersted in joining in.

I can do

  • most ML work (model building, model deployment, some pipelining, all prompt engineering),
  • soft-skill work (talking to people, finding investors, out reach, PR)
  • and L3 Google Engineer level programming (I can make reddit from scratch if I had to, but it would be an all python static website that is barebones like hackernews than reddit yknow. Good enough to be an engineer in a team, not to architect backend systems).

Some questions

  • Why this - I have a specific 'killer feature' in mind that sets it apart
  • Why now - I have a strong hypothesis for market opportunity
  • Why you - how many people care passionately about internet forums
  • Why AI - There is an AI component that makes it easier to get funding in this climate

Likely follow up questions

  • Have you validated the hypothesis with a large enough set of real customers - No
  • Do you have a demo yet - No
  • Is the proposal anything more than 'reddit but better'. Yes, yes yes. But I don't wanna puke it all out.

It isn't that small scale. But would love to talk to people if they're interested.

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