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There are several things that seem absolutely insane about this to me. #1 Groupon is valued at $15 Billion? Have people lost their minds? #2 They're offering
by blhack 16y ago
There are several things that seem absolutely insane about this to me.
#1 Groupon is valued at $15 Billion? Have people lost their minds?
#2 They're offering to buy hipster, a company that I've never used, and have only barely heard of. Hipster.com appears to be an ISP in Nevada, and googling hipster turns up things related to hipster culture.
Am I missing something?
- olivercameron 16y agohttp://usehipster.com http://usehipster.com
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- benologist 16y agoThe news gets funnier - Hipster hasn't even launched yet. And they're just another Q&A site. Tomorrow's news: Quora rejected $11 trillion offer from Groupon!
- blhack 16y ago>Hipster hasn't even launched yet. This is the scariest part to me. I was kindof under the impression that, at least right now, you're not really buying tech, you're buying users. "Hipster" has none.
- rwhitman 16y agoBuying users used to be a reason to acquire a product, but not anymore. Users are cheap. And Groupon already has one of the best email distribution channels out there Its about the product and the team. Hipster is Quora meets Yelp, and the tech was in fact live for a while, just only in Boulder, CO. If Groupon wants to build a team & product to attack social local recommendations, its actually a smart move
- Charuru 16y agoThis is incorrect lol. Hipster has launched in some locales, just not everywhere.