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		jcapote on May 3, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropology: Stack Overflow and The Art of Buildi... I think they missed the fact that the two people who built it are insanely famous in their target market.

jordanlev on May 3, 2009 [–]

Actually, they didn't - one of the 9 "building blocks" they mention was critical mass - knowing they'd have a large initial audience because of their existing blogs.

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