<story><title>How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day</title><url>http://popcornryan.tumblr.com/post/65640245447/how-i-got-my-first-1000-users-in-1-day</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>james33</author><text>I think you need a 5th takeaway: write a follow-up blog post about how your HN post got you 1000 users, subsequently getting you another 1000 users that missed the post the day before.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jpittman</author><text>how about a 6th takeaway in a follow up, in which he discusses retention of these initial 1000 users? I think it&amp;#x27;s great he was able to obtain those numbers early but I think those users are a bit ephemeral.</text></comment>
<story><title>How I Got My First 1000 Users in 1 Day</title><url>http://popcornryan.tumblr.com/post/65640245447/how-i-got-my-first-1000-users-in-1-day</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>james33</author><text>I think you need a 5th takeaway: write a follow-up blog post about how your HN post got you 1000 users, subsequently getting you another 1000 users that missed the post the day before.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drum</author><text>hah! the post was meant to be mutually beneficial</text></comment>