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New messaging apps will not change the world. Finding new ways to sell wares to people is not solving big problems. Why do so many entrepreneurs act like they a

• chroem- 11y ago
  Internet companies are the new media companies. They're in the business of communicating information, so they're extremely good at communicating how awesome they are to the general public. Eventually it creates a self-worth feedback loop.
• unavoidable 11y ago
  Most entrepreneurs have a reality distortion field that they sometimes fall victim to, otherwise they wouldn't be doing something as risky (and irrational) as starting a business.
  • NhanH 11y ago
    I don't think that's necessary true. The whole thing is a pretty new mentality, previous generations of companies/ founders doesn't seem to have too much of that attitudes (Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon etc.?). And those companies did actually change the world. Instagram and Whatsapp? The verdict is still out there.
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  • bordercases 11y ago
    Silicon Valley has a distortion field that tells us that entrepreneurship is like something it isn't. Try working for a medical hardware startup instead of a software company.
• ianstallings 11y ago
  Kik is not new. They've been around for years, with ~200M users.
• humanrebar 11y ago
  > New messaging apps will not change the world. I could see one changing the world. Maybe none of the current contenders, but email is basically a messaging app and it changed the world. Something equally federated but tailored to 21st century concern (photos, video, encryption, read receipts, etc.) could change the way we talk to people. We have certain forms of in-person discussion (mostly revolving around discretion) that are not well supported (and therefore scale poorly) in electronic media.