Comment on Ask HN: Established company planning same thing as 1-man startup – please adviseparentComments−afarrell12yfeel free to lie about how many companies you have signed up. Say it's something like 1000.Is this really the sort of advice we give here?−adventured12yIt's a complicated line sometimes to walk.Reddit for example faked their user base to get started, and have admitted such, here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUMEThis is a common approach to demonstrating a product early on when there's little to no traction. If users show up and it's a ghost town, they will leave.−tptacek12yIt's really not that complicated.−chatmasta12yLying is not always bad. In this case, it actually works out better for the employee:OP lies -> More employee leads -> More companies interestedEmployees want as many companies on board as possible, so they win.−afarrell12yIf the OP is successful. If not, then the job-seeker just wasted effort. Which is fine if 1 OP does it, but if many people copycat...
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Is this really the sort of advice we give here?
It's a complicated line sometimes to walk.
Reddit for example faked their user base to get started, and have admitted such, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeDzx4SUME
This is a common approach to demonstrating a product early on when there's little to no traction. If users show up and it's a ghost town, they will leave.
It's really not that complicated.
Lying is not always bad. In this case, it actually works out better for the employee:
OP lies -> More employee leads -> More companies interested
Employees want as many companies on board as possible, so they win.
If the OP is successful. If not, then the job-seeker just wasted effort. Which is fine if 1 OP does it, but if many people copycat...