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We’re excited to announce that we’re joining Facebook

14 points by Impossible 10y ago

unlinker 10y ago
#OurIncredibleJourney
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abledon 10y ago
I hope this doesn't fizzle out their inertia, similar to what seems to be happening to Occulus, in comparison to Vive smoking past em'.
tmcarr 10y ago
Very cool, but I wish your site didn't use Flash. I mean... seriously...
Olscore 10y ago
That domain name is terribly ambiguous. One of those brand names that doesn't translate well to a domain. Keep reading the domain as gears. Hah. PSA to anyone building a brand or picking a name.
- covercash 10y ago
  One of my favorite examples of this: http://www.handynasty.net http://www.handynasty.net
- stepanhruda 10y ago
  http://www.penisland.net http://www.penisland.net
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plaguuuuuu 10y ago
Cool. Make it more difficult for devs to support more than one VR device (or even both PC and Oculus) by forcing them to implement more than one audio pipeline.
greyhat 10y ago
The language in these announcements is so cliched and tired. You're not "joining" anything, you were bought and now you work somewhere else. This isn't a baby shower or an engagement announcement, if anything your users are probably unhappy that their product is vaporizing, not thrilled for your Incredible Journey.
- dang 10y ago
  It's true that acquisition announcements have gotten like that, but so has the genre of the angry internet comment response to them. The former, at least, contain a small amount of information; the latter only bitterness.
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  - Yetanfou 10y ago
    Nope, the first is an insult to the intelligence of the reader while the second is a reaction to the first. Honesty in communication is a virtue, not something to be squandered and trampled upon.
  - solipsism 10y ago
    The irony of this is comment is killing me!
  - whamlastxmas 10y ago
    How is this a noteworthy comment? You admit that press releases like this are tired and cliche and misleading marketing speak, and then somehow expect people to not be unhappy with that, or to not express their opinion? This is a discussion platform, people will discuss things. There's not a whole lot to say about this article because there's so few details on what's going to change because of this (other than it being free).
    - dang 10y ago
      The idea of HN is to go for interesting discussion. Responding to a cliché with another, angrier cliché isn't interesting, because once something has become a cliché it's by definition predictable. At that point all you get is reflexive piling-on, not new insights.
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14 points by Impossible 10y ago

unlinker 10y ago

#OurIncredibleJourney

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abledon 10y ago

I hope this doesn't fizzle out their inertia, similar to what seems to be happening to Occulus, in comparison to Vive smoking past em'.

tmcarr 10y ago

Very cool, but I wish your site didn't use Flash. I mean... seriously...

Olscore 10y ago

That domain name is terribly ambiguous. One of those brand names that doesn't translate well to a domain. Keep reading the domain as gears. Hah. PSA to anyone building a brand or picking a name.

covercash 10y ago
One of my favorite examples of this: http://www.handynasty.net http://www.handynasty.net
stepanhruda 10y ago
http://www.penisland.net http://www.penisland.net
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plaguuuuuu 10y ago

Cool. Make it more difficult for devs to support more than one VR device (or even both PC and Oculus) by forcing them to implement more than one audio pipeline.

greyhat 10y ago

The language in these announcements is so cliched and tired. You're not "joining" anything, you were bought and now you work somewhere else. This isn't a baby shower or an engagement announcement, if anything your users are probably unhappy that their product is vaporizing, not thrilled for your Incredible Journey.

dang 10y ago
It's true that acquisition announcements have gotten like that, but so has the genre of the angry internet comment response to them. The former, at least, contain a small amount of information; the latter only bitterness.
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- Yetanfou 10y ago
  Nope, the first is an insult to the intelligence of the reader while the second is a reaction to the first. Honesty in communication is a virtue, not something to be squandered and trampled upon.
- solipsism 10y ago
  The irony of this is comment is killing me!
- whamlastxmas 10y ago
  How is this a noteworthy comment? You admit that press releases like this are tired and cliche and misleading marketing speak, and then somehow expect people to not be unhappy with that, or to not express their opinion? This is a discussion platform, people will discuss things. There's not a whole lot to say about this article because there's so few details on what's going to change because of this (other than it being free).
  - dang 10y ago
    The idea of HN is to go for interesting discussion. Responding to a cliché with another, angrier cliché isn't interesting, because once something has become a cliché it's by definition predictable. At that point all you get is reflexive piling-on, not new insights.

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