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Not surprised at all that few people are talking about the problems that Fliboard is having. Most of the people reviewing are early adopting techies (Scoble, te
by dlokshin 16y ago
Not surprised at all that few people are talking about the problems that Fliboard is having. Most of the people reviewing are early adopting techies (Scoble, techcrunch). They understand the and are forgiving of the problems that come with launching as a startup (think of Twitter or Mint). They care much more about the product and whether or not it has value in their daily lives. Seems they're unanimously agreeing that it does in fact hold value.
- Farimani2 16y agoWell that would be ok if it were slow or worked most of the time. It just doesn't work! Anyway, it's a decent product but not a big deal. The main issue is that technical journalism has stopped being journalism and has become a slave to the PR ecosystem. Journalism is a cornerstone of a free society and unfortunately, at least when it comes to reporting on technical products and services, it's controlled by PR programs. Flipboard is not a 2 man garage startup. It raised 10+M to write a page flipping UI. They did a great job of their PR launch though!
- eli 16y agoWould you still read a technical publication that never got early press releases (so was always a day late to big announcements) or reviewer devices because they spat on all the PR flaks?
- Farimani2 16y agoeli, no i wouldn't. but the coverage on this product is imbalanced for a product that isn't working yet. PR is good and necessary.