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This is the best thing in 2011 by far. I enjoy the fact that more people are seemingly calling bullshit on this industry, it kind of needs a dose of realism.

by Klonoar 16y ago

ancornwell 16y ago
Its hard to get a dose of realism when you live in California!
Alex3917 16y ago
I'm not so sure. According to Forrester, the average American will use 187 different photo sharing services by 2016. It seems like this could be a good chance to get in on the ground floor.
- kirpekar 16y ago
  Startup Idea: Do a better job than Forrester
- joejohnson 16y ago
  187 different photo sharing services?! I think that's a gross over estimation... I bet I'll use closer to 10-20 by 2016.
  - jerf 16y ago
    No no, you missed the point. It's not that 187 photo sharing services will exist, it is that each American will personally use, on average, 187 photo sharing services. About a thousand will exist. Forrester also projects that Scoble will be the top user on all of them.
- mhb 16y ago
  Why would anyone believe that number? It sounds insane.
  - raquo 16y ago
    Why not? They used a pretty solid methodology, I'm sure. http://xkcd.com/605/ http://xkcd.com/605/
    - nlavezzo 16y ago
      That is an awesome comic. I'm going to totally use that.
  - gjm11 16y ago
    Er, I think it's a joke. Did I miss the point?
    - mhb 16y ago
      I'm thinking that I and 10 other people did. Doh.
- deleted 16y ago
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- kongqiu 16y ago
  187 indeed :) Going to have to call in a 5150 to keep average investors from being burned this time...
  - kovar 16y ago
    You've been associated with California LE, or similar, me thinks. Edit: Apparently Van Halen used "5150" for an album title. Shows how out of touch I am.
    - tesseract 16y ago
      http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization
      - kovar 16y ago
        Ahh, I didn't know it had hit the vernacular. Thank you.
- gohat 16y ago
  Maybe I'm not average, but I've used around 2-3 photo sharing services in the past 5 years.
  - haploid 16y ago
    Whoosh
- mortenjorck 16y ago
  Startup idea: A photo sharing service sharing service.
bhousel 16y ago
I don't think this investment is bullshit at all, and here's why: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2363943 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2363943
Mankhool 16y ago
I agree. However I have learned not to mention the B word on HN - as I did recently in response to a large funding round for another service startup - lest I be downvoted into oblivion. I upvote this!

This is the best thing in 2011 by far. I enjoy the fact that more people are seemingly calling bullshit on this industry, it kind of needs a dose of realism.

by Klonoar 16y ago

This is the best thing in 2011 by far. I enjoy the fact that more people are seemingly calling bullshit on this industry, it kind of needs a dose of realism.

ancornwell 16y ago

Its hard to get a dose of realism when you live in California!

Alex3917 16y ago

I'm not so sure. According to Forrester, the average American will use 187 different photo sharing services by 2016. It seems like this could be a good chance to get in on the ground floor.

kirpekar 16y ago
Startup Idea: Do a better job than Forrester
joejohnson 16y ago
187 different photo sharing services?! I think that's a gross over estimation... I bet I'll use closer to 10-20 by 2016.
- jerf 16y ago
  No no, you missed the point. It's not that 187 photo sharing services will exist, it is that each American will personally use, on average, 187 photo sharing services. About a thousand will exist. Forrester also projects that Scoble will be the top user on all of them.
mhb 16y ago
Why would anyone believe that number? It sounds insane.
- raquo 16y ago
  Why not? They used a pretty solid methodology, I'm sure. http://xkcd.com/605/ http://xkcd.com/605/
  - nlavezzo 16y ago
    That is an awesome comic. I'm going to totally use that.
- gjm11 16y ago
  Er, I think it's a joke. Did I miss the point?
  - mhb 16y ago
    I'm thinking that I and 10 other people did. Doh.
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kongqiu 16y ago
187 indeed :) Going to have to call in a 5150 to keep average investors from being burned this time...
- kovar 16y ago
  You've been associated with California LE, or similar, me thinks. Edit: Apparently Van Halen used "5150" for an album title. Shows how out of touch I am.
  - tesseract 16y ago
    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization
    - kovar 16y ago
      Ahh, I didn't know it had hit the vernacular. Thank you.
gohat 16y ago
Maybe I'm not average, but I've used around 2-3 photo sharing services in the past 5 years.
- haploid 16y ago
  Whoosh
mortenjorck 16y ago
Startup idea: A photo sharing service sharing service.

bhousel 16y ago

I don't think this investment is bullshit at all, and here's why: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2363943 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2363943

Mankhool 16y ago

I agree. However I have learned not to mention the B word on HN - as I did recently in response to a large funding round for another service startup - lest I be downvoted into oblivion. I upvote this!