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How WeWork Convinced Investors It’s Worth Billions

36 points by coloneltcb 11y ago

rory096 11y ago
This has been submitted an impressive 5 times in the last 3 hours.[1] Last time the repost filter got changed it was still supposed to 'reject reposts for a few hours to avoid stampedes'[2] – maybe a bug, dang? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 EDIT: Hmm, looks like it's probably that Buzzfeed's adding a bunch of random characters in the URL hash fragment that are different for each user.
- dang 11y ago
  Yes, it's because of the different URLs, thus not related to recent changes. Anybody know of a reliable way to tell whether a query string can safely be dropped from a URL?
  - dmarlow 11y ago
    Sometimes using the canonical link within the served page can help. link rel="canonical" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-investors-its-worth-billions" http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-inv... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element
  - geofft 11y ago
    Aren't all utm_foo query-string parameters from Google Analytics ("Urchin Traffic Monitor") tracking, and therefore not only safe but possibly an actively good idea to drop on a re-aggregator like Hacker News? If I see an article get tweeted and that URL includes ?utm_source=twitter, it doesn't seem too useful to anyone for HN to keep that. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
    - dang 11y ago
      Yes, but I'm wondering about the general case.
gaius 11y ago
Companies want you to buy your own phone, buy your own laptop, and now, rent your own desk. But does the money they save show up in your paycheque or go into the pockets of the boss? And the funny thing is workers are doing it to themselves...

36 points by coloneltcb 11y ago

This has been submitted an impressive 5 times in the last 3 hours.[1] Last time the repost filter got changed it was still supposed to 'reject reposts for a few hours to avoid stampedes'[2] – maybe a bug, dang? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10223645 EDIT: Hmm, looks like it's probably that Buzzfeed's adding a bunch of random characters in the URL hash fragment that are different for each user.

dang 11y ago
Yes, it's because of the different URLs, thus not related to recent changes. Anybody know of a reliable way to tell whether a query string can safely be dropped from a URL?
- dmarlow 11y ago
  Sometimes using the canonical link within the served page can help. link rel="canonical" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-investors-its-worth-billions" http://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/how-wework-convinced-inv... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element
- geofft 11y ago
  Aren't all utm_foo query-string parameters from Google Analytics ("Urchin Traffic Monitor") tracking, and therefore not only safe but possibly an actively good idea to drop on a re-aggregator like Hacker News? If I see an article get tweeted and that URL includes ?utm_source=twitter, it doesn't seem too useful to anyone for HN to keep that. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
  - dang 11y ago
    Yes, but I'm wondering about the general case.

gaius 11y ago

Companies want you to buy your own phone, buy your own laptop, and now, rent your own desk. But does the money they save show up in your paycheque or go into the pockets of the boss? And the funny thing is workers are doing it to themselves...