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		jaddison on March 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How did you find your early adopters? How did people sign up if you didn't tell them the product name? Did you not direct them to the product site?

LeFever on March 13, 2013 [–]

Haha, good question. We did it via PMs or DMs or whatever the given site had. It also made it a bit more personal since we were using our own accounts.

chewxy on March 13, 2013 | [–]

This. For my current project, Fork the Cookbook (http://forkthecookbook.com) we found that being personal helps.

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