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Save you the click. MailChimp was a web agencie's internal project. It wasn't abandoned, it was just not the focus of their business. The pivoted from an agency
by sschueller 6y ago
Save you the click. MailChimp was a web agencie's internal project. It wasn't abandoned, it was just not the focus of their business. The pivoted from an agency to full time launching mailchip.
- capableweb 6y agoThanks, absolutely ridiculous that the name of the main subject is not in the title. I already knew the story of MailChimp but this could have been about anything...
- follower 6y agoKinda makes you wonder why that company in particular might want to have a positive story about them in the current news cycle, doesn't it?
- boringg 6y ago?
- thedz 6y ago(this was published back in dec)
- corobo 6y agoNo, but I appear to have missed whatever news you're winking and nudging about
- follower 6y agoFor example, this: https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-discrimination-unequal-pay https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26316847 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26316847) And, not so much a "wink & nudge" as a reminder to question why any particular company on any particular topic is getting coverage at any particular time. (And an awareness than many on HN care little about the issue.)
- superultra 6y agoThanks for mentioning this. Wish I'd read your comment before the article. This article seems like a for-pay puff piece when it was originally published in December 2020, but the posting here and now when this company is going through a bit of negative PR is a bit suspect. https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-discrimination-unequal-pay https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-...
- sidpatil 6y agoIf I recall correctly, Twitter progressed in a similar way—it started as an internal project and eventually grew into the main offering.