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janlukacs on May 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hey Paydirt: Your Site Works Just Fine In IE

it's just a publicity stunt to get traffic to their site. since web devs mostly hate IE it an easy way to get their attention...

gm on May 8, 2012 | [–]

Well may have gotten traffic but did it get sales? Goodwill?

Attracting traffic because you are being a dick is not the same as attracting traffic because you are making a world-changing awesome product.

vph on May 8, 2012 | | [–]

That is a bingo!

cooldeal on May 8, 2012 | [–]

Worked quite well on HN.

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