Very smart move this, rather than to figure out how to monetize it monetize it b...

dolinsky · on Jan 17, 2011

I'm genuinely curious why you suggest the growth curve on this is exponential at this point? I saw this thread on HN when he originally posted it, and while it wasn't something I would personally be interested in I imagined it might fit a certain demographic. The question for me was always the staying power with a quick hit site like this.

Now having seen a wider window of stats on the site from quantcast, all arrows are pointing down and to the right. I agree that he's smart to try to sell it, but only because the longer he holds onto it the less opportunity there will be to capitalize on the original spike.

jacquesm · on Jan 18, 2011

> I'm genuinely curious why you suggest the growth curve on this is exponential at this point?

I didn't suggest that.

I did add this bit after writing that first sentence when I thought of checking to see if that was still the case, and it wasn't:

> Also, looking at alexa it seems as though the period of hyper fast growth is already a bit past:

chaosmachine · on Jan 17, 2011

Actual "directly measured" data:

http://www.quantcast.com/threewords.me

jacquesm · on Jan 17, 2011

Same curve, so that pretty much confirms the drop.

markbao · on Jan 17, 2011

+1 — figuring out a monetization strategy on this for me is too much of a time investment that I don't have, but someone else does.

axod · on Jan 17, 2011

http://www.google.com/trends?q=threewords.me&ctab=0&...

It shot up, then it shot down... Agreed @ smart move. Best time to sell it, and I can't see it either being very monetizable long term, or 'sticky'.