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Don't STFU. Tell us about it, but be prudent with the details.

As a community of hackers/business people we want to find out what works. Sharing results allows us to analyse the data. Any person that knows a bit about business understands that sharing the data is not a problem. This due to the fact that any competing business that uses your data is trying to repeat your success without all of the parameters. The data is one part of the success, the other is the implementation.

The implementation is what makes something a sucsess. You can go and download all of the data of Google, and you won't be able to duplicate it.

Now, like I said, be prudent with what you share. Maybe you have some marketing trick that is working magic. Don't share it until it stops working. Then tell people all about.



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