[AznHisoka]

so which metrics are the right ones to look at?

[mikikian]

They elude to it in these blog posts:

https://medium.com/swlh/diligence-at-social-capital-part-1-a...

https://medium.com/swlh/diligence-at-social-capital-part-2-a...

https://medium.com/@jonathanhsu/diligence-at-social-capital-...

https://medium.com/@jonathanhsu/diligence-at-social-capital-...

https://medium.com/@jonathanhsu/diligence-at-social-capital-...

https://medium.com/swlh/diligence-at-social-capital-epilogue...

[chrisweekly]

allude. totally different word.

[dangerlibrary]

Many people on HN do not speak English natively. Consider being a bit gentler when you correct someone :)

[bactrian]

Social metrics. Would make the Social Capital name genuinely meaningful :-)

The “social response” (HN, GitHub, reddit, ...) to a new project, product, or service is all you should need to predict success at a high enough rate to do extremely well.

It’s not a matter of difficulty so much as conviction and intelligence.

[AznHisoka]

There are many products that have never launched at hacker news or reddit.

[thrill]

Well, that's the billion dollar secret.