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I doubt their downtime communications were a factor in their huge success.

• dguaraglia 9y ago
  It clearly wasn't their demise either. My point being that people - including myself - form very strong opinions about what "works" and "doesn't work", while failing to acknowledge the bigger picture. Companies with this kind of global presence have a better way to measure marketing impact than reading through random Hacker News comments. For what's worth, I think the concept for Snapchat is stupid and I can't see a single use for it, and yet... they managed to get to an IPO.
  • khazhou 9y ago
    You're right. I'll refrain from commenting on how large tech companies conduct their business from now on.
    • dguaraglia 9y ago
      Please don't. Just be aware that making comments such as "that doesn't work outside of the Bay Area" like the original poster did are kind of silly.