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Zynga Investor Calls Scamville Debate Irrelevant And Unfair
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoHoly crap, enough with this scamville stuff. Zynga actually cleaned their act up fast and was pretty transparent. Fred also stated facts: it's a small part of their revenue. I just feel like we're beating a dead horse here. The scummy companies have been brought to light and the good ones are straying far away from this.
- tptacek 17y agoFor once, I think TechCrunch is the one with all the credibility in a debate. You can hand-wave all you want, but two things are fairly clear: Zynga's founder said they build traction in part on scam offers, including distributing malware, and Fred Wilson is an investor in Zynga and is therefore far from a neutral observer. You can tell people to just get over it, but isn't that basically an open invitation for other companies to try to build up traction on scam offers and then come to Jesus when they make it big or get found out?
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agooh, TC did an AWESOME job covering this story. It's articles like that which remind everyone how they got so large. I just think the topic has been discussed enough, along with a ton of other blogs just chiming in for shits and giggles. Fred is far from neutral, I agree.