Reading the article, you can certainly argue that Dopplr didn't have the adoption curve they hoped for. They get money, they get to do something new (one founde

Reading the article, you can certainly argue that Dopplr didn't have the adoption curve they hoped for. They get money, they get to do something new (one founder's a partner at BERG London, who are pretty kick-ass). The users? Sure. But it's a free service. Like the recent quote says, the users are the product. (http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent, top comment.) DHH's hating the players when he should hate the game.