Comment on Mysql Sharding For A Site That Gets 5 Billion Views Per MonthComments−Hates_17y40m+ active users and I'd never even heard of them!−staunch17y"We're active in 26 languages and 30+ countries with our 5 most active countries being Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Switzerland and Germany."−defied17yI work for Netlog as a web developer (great job!). Netlog's main audience are indeed teens and people in their twenties. The site is extremely popular in Europe, kinda like the Facebook of Europe.−samueladam17yBecause netlog's audience is pretty different from hacker news.Search for common names to get an idea: http://www.google.com/search?q=netlog+profile+for+julia http://www.google.com/search?q=netlog+profile+for+john−wesley17yNo need, they have a full people directory:http://nl.netlog.com/go/directory/ (Holland & Belgium, change subdomain for diff areas)
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40m+ active users and I'd never even heard of them!
"We're active in 26 languages and 30+ countries with our 5 most active countries being Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Switzerland and Germany."
I work for Netlog as a web developer (great job!). Netlog's main audience are indeed teens and people in their twenties. The site is extremely popular in Europe, kinda like the Facebook of Europe.
Because netlog's audience is pretty different from hacker news.
Search for common names to get an idea: http://www.google.com/search?q=netlog+profile+for+julia http://www.google.com/search?q=netlog+profile+for+john
No need, they have a full people directory:
http://nl.netlog.com/go/directory/ (Holland & Belgium, change subdomain for diff areas)