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This seems like a common pattern 1. Realize you need to make a lot more money (to meet investor expectations, pay for the fat the company has accumulated, etc)
by tlrobinson 10y ago
This seems like a common pattern
1. Realize you need to make a lot more money (to meet investor expectations, pay for the fat the company has accumulated, etc)
2. Panic
3. Apply dark patterns (http://darkpatterns.org/ http://darkpatterns.org/)
4. Something better comes along and eats your lunch
5. Repeat.
It's sad because imgur was originally created as the "something better".
- sotojuan 10y agoI'm sure they made mistakes but when you see massive growth like imgur did someone's gotta pay the sever bills somehow. Plenty of image uploading sites have come and gone because of server costs.
- static_noise 10y agoDear lamb, we had a great time but now I have to eat.
- MasterScrat 10y agoThese are all good points but I have a strong feeling of déjà-vu with another thread in these comments...