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Is there an example of an idea that was panned that turned out to be a (even moderate) success?
by JoblessWonder 8y ago
Is there an example of an idea that was panned that turned out to be a (even moderate) success?
- dougb5 8y agoThe acquisition of YouTube is one that comes to mind. While it wasn't universally panned, there were a lot of engineers (myself included) who felt it was wildly excessive.
- village-idiot 8y agoThe acquisition of YouTube might’ve not been bad for Google, but I could make the argument that it’s been bad for the rest of us.
- andybak 8y agoI generally still think of YouTube as a global good. Obviously it's a mixed bag but I'd be really sad if it ever vanished.
- Aeolun 8y agoVimeo would just take over.
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- village-idiot 8y agoConsidering it’s one of the driving forces of radicalization, I really can’t agree with that.
- Latteland 8y agoI can't reply to that YouTube message, too much nesting? Anyway, I'll agree that YouTube was a good one. My office was doing Google video, so that project lost out.