Startup Ranking(startupranking.com)
startupranking.com
Startup Ranking
http://www.startupranking.com/
45 comments
Let's see:
Relatively harmless? Check.
Relatively undemeaning? Check.
Non-trivial amount of effort? Check.
Decent prank? Check.
Relatively harmless? Check.
Relatively undemeaning? Check.
Non-trivial amount of effort? Check.
Decent prank? Check.
seems a bit mean to me honestly ... i mean I guess most people would raise an eyebrow at a 16-digit code but still ...
Not that nice of a way to say "Welcome to the team"
Not that nice of a way to say "Welcome to the team"
You'll notice I said "relatively" twice there. I still think it's iffy... but as pranks go it's decent.
Was very disappointed when I realized that I had misread the URL...
This is not in fact a Startup Pranking website as I had thought.
This is not in fact a Startup Pranking website as I had thought.
Same thing here, "Oh man, I can't wait to send them a million new fake visitors!"
-Fake techcruch article generator
-Automated fake VC calls
-Fake techcruch article generator
-Automated fake VC calls
Ala Expertsexchange.com
It's a radical and irreversible procedure. You should go to an expert.
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I was about to post the exact same thought. Obviously, there is a gem of an idea here. Who will MVP the Startup Pranking website first?
Count me in.
Ditto - I read it as Start Pranking at first and was terribly disappointed on looking at the website.
Hahah, only after reading your comment I've realised my mistake too.
Maybe getting us all to go to the site was the prank? Well played!
haha! same thing happened to me. What a failed domain name!
I have no qualms with the address, it says exactly what the site does. Perhaps people should read thoroughly.
What I have qualms with though, is that you got my country flag wrong. You put a Zambian flag on Zimbabwe.
What I have qualms with though, is that you got my country flag wrong. You put a Zambian flag on Zimbabwe.
I think it's due to the fact that the human brain does not work linearly, like a lexer. It recognises patterns of letters. And once you've seen the word 'pranker', it's hard to un-see. I think it's a particular problem with web addresses because you know there will be several words joined together without spaces, so you're already starting by trying to identify clumps rather than reading words. Plus web addresses often contain made-up words.
Or it could just be that these days people just scheme through text. Just reading from left to right, you'd auto complete 'startup' and honestly without another 'p' ranker auto completes itself too. Which is why I am inclined to think that people are just scheming through words now.
The brain does not read linearly from left to right, letter by letter. Unless you're 3 years old, you see a word and parse - or rather, pattern-match - it as a whole. And the matches depend heavily on whatever is in your head (that's how context and anchoring work).
I too, initially, read it as "startup pranking", even though there's only one "p" in the domain name.
I too, initially, read it as "startup pranking", even though there's only one "p" in the domain name.
I'm not sure that 'scheme' is 100% the word you meant to use (perhaps you meant 'skim'?).
People don't read from left to right. The same way that they don't press individual letters on the keyboard (think about it, if you're typing at 100 WPM you can't think of every single individual character at that speed).
A perfect example is Spritz. Try this. I managed to comprehend at 700 WPM. No way my eyes could move at that speed. It works because of pattern matching.
http://www.spritzinc.com/test/#/
People don't read from left to right. The same way that they don't press individual letters on the keyboard (think about it, if you're typing at 100 WPM you can't think of every single individual character at that speed).
A perfect example is Spritz. Try this. I managed to comprehend at 700 WPM. No way my eyes could move at that speed. It works because of pattern matching.
http://www.spritzinc.com/test/#/
If a lot of English speakers parse the address incorrectly, then the fault lies squarely with the address. "You people are reading it wrong!" just doesn't fly :)
Can mailchimp be considered a startup still?
Also, why can't we just look at the Alexa stats for this?
Also, why can't we just look at the Alexa stats for this?
Not sure about MailChimp but Alexa is not very accurate when it comes to traffic data.
Wow India comes right after US under countries, it would be interesting to see what the startup growth has been in the past two years
Based on the data points used, doesn't this just simply favor startups that are more adept at SEO/SEM and social media?
Startup RANK = boring. Startup PRANK = fun. Needless to say I was disappointed.
startu Prank - silly startup name for startup helping you to organize your pranking activities.
Wanted to see some clever startup pranks. Disappointed.
It's cool that you can put an aircraft into space and still be categorized as a startup.
Heh it really says something about the current macro tech environment when that URL is misread and then everyone is actually disappointed when the site loads and it's not about startup idea pranks.
Seeing these comments I think website address does matter in some cases.
Is this intended to be searchable? It appears it only shows the top few.
Seeing the whole list and offering filtering options might make it a better tool for comparing social uptake and similar things.
Seeing the whole list and offering filtering options might make it a better tool for comparing social uptake and similar things.
I first thought this was some site about pranking startups...
http://www.startupranking.com/nginx is a startup?
Nginx Inc. is a 4-year-old Bay Area tech company that's raised $33 million in 3 funding rounds. Sounds like a typical SV startup to me.
Learn something new every day :)
very basic question. where does the list of startups come from and how do you know what country a startup belongs to? making a list like this is harder than you think, so im curious to hear how these guys address it.
The URL seems like it has something to do with pranking :)
ThinkGeek is ranked higher than AirBnb. Sounds legit!
...Because Klout was such a wildly-popular success?
Start upranking what? Is this for a game?
I worked at a startup that had a shared bathroom with a keypad on it. Somebody had the brilliant idea to tell the new guy the bathroom code was a 16 digit number. It worked because the only respected the last 4 digits to match the passcode. Everybody memorized the 16 digit code and made sure they entered it in when going to the bathroom when the new guy was around. The prank went on long enough that people wanted to see how long they could keep it going.
It was eventually spoiled when someone from the neighboring company witnessed the new guy entering the 16 digit code and pointed out the code was only 4 digits. As this was happening, it was witnessed by one of the architects and his cry of "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" could be heard throughout the floor.