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Can you name a single startup that failed because of their inability to scale? yeah - friendster.

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• byoung2 16y ago
  I remember the early days when you couldn't log in to Friendster for hours because the servers were overloaded!
• SkyMarshal 16y ago
  Did they attribute their performance problems to tech stack or architecture? Or did they ever say?
• astrofinch 16y ago
  Friendster is actually in decent shape today. So inability to scale didn't kill them--it just dealt them a very substantial blow. Twitter would be an example of a startup that experienced severe scaling issues and still ended up on top. Know any others?