Episode
#5 - The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"
51:30
Published: Tue Jul 23 2019
Description
James Hong (@jhong) is the creator of Hot or Not? He sits down to tell us how the silly website went from 42 friends, to 2 million page views per day within a week. I love his philosophy of running it like an "internet laundromat" - collecting nickels & quarters from the machine (up to $20,000 per night!) Great guy, great energy, checkout the episode. - shaan (@shaanvp on twitter) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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