I get that the name is from a meme, or something, but it's all just a bit too ridiculous. It sounds like a tumblr of spoiled suburban kids' tweets, not what I gather is gittip for twitter - which seems like a shaky premise.

The downvotes are probably because you aren't adding anything to the discussion, just blindly pimping your site. If it comes up in a discussion, or it's relevant to the topic at hand, throw in a plug. But making an account expressly for spamming is a poor choice.

We're well aware of the fact that this is rather ridiculous. That is part of what captivates people about the service when we tell them about it. As for the premise of the service, it's somewhat different from what you have in mind. Clicking the "i" at the top right explains what the service really is.

In any case, I didn't want to get into the details before but we were actually unable to post the link to HN using this account as a "new" submission so we had given up on posting to HN. Trust me, I, like you hate when people plug their service on someone else's post. Having said that, when we were reading HN today and saw this headline, we couldn't resist.

It could definitely use a better description; basically I'm throwing my money into a well, and you guys get a cut? If there's some charitable component, or the destination of the cash was more transparent, then I get it. Otherwise it just seems like paying a lot of money for a tweet, which I guess somw people might be into.

So, I guess, good luck. It seems really weird and unlikely.

Fair enough. In all honesty, there are an infinite number of purchases displayed on the richkidsofinstagram website that I cannot understand or ever justify but it caters to a crowd that thinks and operates far differently than you or I - and those are the ones we are targeting. Hence the somewhat "arrogant" language in the info page.

Thanks for the "luck".