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seems like just a talent acquisition to me
by ardit33 16y ago
seems like just a talent acquisition to me
- ryanwaggoner 16y agoZuckerberg has said that all of the acquisitions FB has made are essentially for the talent, not the product.
- seiji 16y agoFacebook only does talent acquisitions. Though, I always wondered why drop.io got any attention. Upload thing. Get URL. Share URL? Optional paywall behind URL. Did they have other features?
- jackowayed 16y agoA nice interface. Making it extremely easy to do something simple (but something that the average person can't do without some kind of service) is often all you need. Don't complain about others' successes. Learn from this that a nice interface for something simple is often enough, and go find a market where you can do the same thing, and get rich :) (Note that I've used it to a very limited extent. But even if they have other features, my understanding was that the main value proposition was its simple, pleasant interface.)
- edash 16y agoI was a paying customer and actually found it somewhat difficult to use. When an upload finished, many of my friends / contractors didn't know you'd need to refresh the page to view files. I'd sometimes find two or three copies of the same file in a given drop. My drop had an admin password, but also a manager password (which were different, but would presumably be used by the same person). Even browsing for files to upload was more difficult than it should have been. Once a file was selected some users assumed it was being uploaded already. These were manageable interface problems for me, but required delineated instructions to the "average user."
- erikpukinskis 16y agoIt's sad that founders do this kind of thing to their users. Why not sell the company to Facebook (with attendant personnel agreements), but sell the assets (users, technical infrastructure) to a competitor at a steep discount, maybe in exchange for shares? That way their users have a fighting chance at a smooth transition, and the technical contribution you made can continue.
- rguzman 16y agoI upvoted you and agree. However, there is also that the shutdown may be driven by facebook for a variety of reasons. As a founder, it is probably really hard to walk away from an offer that is very attractive personally but bad for the service. On the other hand, starting with that mentality is probably bad. c.f. pg's "do something you think is good for the world"
- codemechanic 16y agoI agree. As more and more services close, customers will be wary of putting content online or using a public online service. Thats the reason we started Tonido.