> “I really don’t feel like I’ve taken a hit in terms of my quality of life,” said Berkowitz, 25. “I don’t really notice I live in the pod anymore.”

For a moment there, I thought I was reading The Onion.

I thought this was a pretty common thing.

It's a bit of of a movie/TV trope, especially after a character dies--the widow would try to preserve the scent of their spouse/lover via clothing, pillow, etc.

I think the srt file needs to have the same name as the main video file and they both need to be in the same folder.

I would have never imagined that salespeople deter customers from buying electric cars. But I think this could be used as a great selling point: The cars are so low maintenance make less money on more expensive vehicles.

Also, this situation is yet another reason why companies like Tesla need to be able to sell direct-to-consumers.

Again, how is it different than StartupLister or some CSS gallery submission service?

Those sites aren't selling links and neither am I. We're just filling out submission forms that need to be reviewed and rejected or accepted. And most of those sites use nofollow or obfuscated links and that's fine. The goal is to have BetaList--or whatever--showcase your site...not game Google.

So why is my site getting chewed out, but StartupLister (and others like it) is celebrated as a wonderful resource by HN and Reddit users (hence my footnotes)?

I honestly don't understand why people are struggling with this. I keep asking simple questions and I get answers that completely disregard everything I've said.

This will be my last comment on the matter.

Move on, it's a bad idea. I and everyone else understands exactly what the site is. You on the other hand can't seem to see the forest for the trees.

I say this in the nicest possible way, you're wasting your time and resources on this endeavor that could be better spent on something else!

Also, just to clarify, you don't have to submit to a bunch of sites all at once, you create a custom list and submit a few at a time.

And most sites are nofollow anyway (or they obfuscate their URLs) so what difference does it make?

good to know. thanks.

Okay, so why isn't StartupLister sleazy for doing the same thing?

Never said it wasn't sleazy. And it's irrelevant anyways.

> Not trying to nitpick...

It's not nitpicking when correcting a meaningful mistake.

Yet, the author specific said, in his experience, that level of personalization made little difference.

Theoretically it should make a big difference. The difference in the numbers were negligible for me, but YMMV.

> Sorry for the awful writing. I can’t think straight at all anymore.

If the author is reading this, you should know that your post was very lucid and engaging. Much better than most of stuff posted on Tumblr.

You seems very capable and determined, you should consider freelancing. Please keep us posted on your progress.