Show HN: Recount - share your startup stories anonymously. We are not alone

14 points by zackyap 13 years ago | 6 comments

There are times when we just can't have open and honest conversations with people about the things we're going through. Anything we say publicly gets added to our personal brand. Like bubs mentioned in this article/thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5270460, we can start to feel like we're alone.

We don't have to be alone! Recount is a community project aimed at bettering the lives of startups everywhere, through anonymous sharing of our stories. Share your startup high-and-lows, experiences, funny / embarassing moments, things you learned, and even confessions of things you probably shouldn't have done.

Posting is done anonymously. No sign-up is required. We'll never track any info of people who post. (Commenting is via Facebook Comments though)

Start reading here: http://www.recount.it/

Have a good story to tell? Start posting straightaway at: http://www.recount.it/posts/new

Appreciate any feedback! :)

mindcrime 13 years ago |

hmm... this is very interesting, and I am definitely interested in checking it out. My one concern, however, is whether or not the stories could be de-anonymized very easily, due to the unique nature of each situation.

That is, if I start recounting how "cofounder A said $BAR and cofounder B said $BAZ and I got really mad and yelled at them both and now neither one is speaking to me and one has threatened to $FOO"... well, if somebody even vaguely familiar with the situation reads that, I guess they're going to recognize the participants.

Probably not a terribly likely or important issue, but it could hinder the ability of people to be completely open even in an apparently anonymous setting.

zackyap 13 years ago | |

Totally understand what you're getting at.

It's up to each individual how specific they want to be, and how much information to reveal. At the very least, we hope that it can help people who need it lift a burden off their shoulders, or know that we're not alone in this.

subhb 13 years ago |

Interesting way of looking into things, I would definitely give it a try. It might be real useful for getting feedback for certain things.

zackyap 13 years ago | |

Thanks! Yes, we think that it would be a great place to get anonymous feedback as well.

toutouastro 13 years ago |

why it has to be just about startups ?

zackyap 13 years ago | |

it doesn't have to just be about startups.

But we felt this was something that might help (and be fun for) startup people right now since we've seen a number of stories on here that signaled to us that a place to post anonymously might help people open up.

Thus we're building Recount with Startup Anonymous as the main topic right now. We thought it'd be apt for the audience here as well.

If there are other topics / themes you'd like to write about, feel free to send us a feedback through http://recount.it/posts/new and adding a hashtag #feedback to it. :)