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Thanks for defending and supporting us !

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Hi Members and Friends,

Just back from a few days "down south" of Perth for a mini-break to spoil my wife on her birthday and returned to the usual enormous pile of emails when I found the AWESOME support a few members decided to throw into the comments on the recent Minti write-up on TechCrunch ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/23/minti-parenting-advice-for-the-ugc-generation/ )

I want to say a HUGE thanks to all those who took it upon themselves to say some words of support for Minti in this very popular blog (top-5 in the world) and I think you really made a lot of the early commenters (mostly geeks or jealous other start-up founders) look like a very mean spirited lot of people.

You folks always surprise me with your passion and kindness towards others and there are some days when I am really, really proud of you all for what you have made Minti into !

thanks from my heart  

Matt 

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merlin0903
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | merlin0903
Re: Thanks for defending and supporting us !

 

hi matt

how is your wife doing so far with the pregnancy? i hope that all is going really well, i have just commented on the above this is what i added

ANOTHER PROUD MINTI MUMMY HERE

OMG i have read all the bad comments and wonder have you really really had a look at minti and tried using it? i dare you all to have a go, cause i know once you log in you wont want to leave,

i have been a member of minti since may of this year and have loved every minute of it and i tell everyone about it too as i feel it is the best parenting site there is, i have made some wonderful friends, i have been able to even meet some of them person to person,

minti is all about been able to help on another, and share stories to that they might be able to help others that might be going through the same thing, you can ask questions and have them answered by other mums that are either going through it or have been through it,

i have tried some of the other sites and they don’t hold a candle to minti, they don’t have that family feel to it, and there isn’t that support that you get from the other minti members,

and as cazza said MINTI ROCKS

hope this helps and it is truly how i feel about minti

hugs and kisses



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      matthew
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | matthew
Re: Thanks for defending and supporting us !

Nice one Merlin

Baby progress is OK from our external viewpoint - we are off to the 12 week scan on Friday - maybe a piccy after that

thanks for the groovy comment

Matt



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angieh
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | angieh
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I commented there too. As I said on Clay's blog, I think the target audience there is more to do with tech-based things... like how many page views, etc and not on the quality of the community in terms of what you get out of it.


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llmunchkin
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | llmunchkin
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Well it finally let me leave a comment!  I toned it down a bit, and changed my name... LOL!  .

Matt, Minti's contemporaries are stuck in the dark ages - the beauty of this site is that essentially the information is self moderated by parents for parents.  There is no dark overlord wielding their magic eraser for their own hidden agenda. 

I hope you guys do make a lot of money out of letting us all have a fantastically good time - you deserve it, and this is a great model for any sort of community site.  One day when I am rich and ready - I would definitely seek Vibe Capital's expertise!

Cheers - Lui


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      matthew
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | matthew
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hehe  - thanks Lui - we will be sure to let you know if we ever make a lot of money out of this journey - so far we have spent plenty and got back heaps of non-money rewards from the stories and compliments we receive 

I LOVE the comments on TechCrunch now - if ever the day seems a bit long that is the set of comments I will be going to read through to remind me what this is all about  - thanks again

Matt



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cazza
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | cazza
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Thankyou Matt for bringing this to Our attention, and i have just left a comment there as well...

So i thought that article was rude.....

take care
love cazza


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      matthew
September 2007 | matthew
Re: Thanks for defending and supporting us !
Thanks Cazza


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winja
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | winja
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i didnt know about that and after reading what those weirdo comp daggs had to say i had to comment myself!


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      matthew
5.00 (Excellent) | September 2007 | matthew
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Good on ya Winja 


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