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If you're gonna read stuff like that, understand that it probably makes you dumber. At least, posting it makes you look dumber. Calling something a "turkey" aft
by pbreit 11y ago
If you're gonna read stuff like that, understand that it probably makes you dumber. At least, posting it makes you look dumber. Calling something a "turkey" after a day is as dumb as calling it an "x killer". Things like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, etc take years to become successful.
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- numair 11y agoYour response is incredibly off-base. The author of the BGR article is pretty spot-on in his analysis. If you look at the author's previous articles, he has been critical, but accurate. In any case, even if his 16 years of experience in the mobile industry (I looked him up) don't allow him to make accurate one-day analyses, a different viewpoint is beneficial to everyone's thought process. There is absolutely nothing "dumb" about bringing up critical viewpoints. Shooting them down without giving them any thought, however...
- dang 11y agopbreit has a point. Dismissing something as a "turkey" after just one day is unduly harsh, and to call that "bringing up critical viewpoints" is euphemistic.
- numair 11y agoIf that were the only comment the author made, sure. He did a pretty good job of defending his view, I think, with lots of citations etc. It is a viewpoint -- it's the opposite of looking at something and saying, "ooh, this is new and cool!" Now, it's probably more productive in most circumstances to have an open mind, but that is a matter of preference. Personally, I like to have my childlike enthusiasm for new things balanced out by the voices of other, more cynical people.
- CPLX 11y agoWhatsApp and Instagram actually blew up and were obvious hits in a matter of months at most.