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I wish that when a headline announced "Big company acquires little startup you've never heard of" that it would be accompanied by some explanation of what the l
by joblessjunkie 15y ago
I wish that when a headline announced "Big company acquires little startup you've never heard of" that it would be accompanied by some explanation of what the little startup actually does, and why it is interesting.
- scorpioxy 15y agoYou would typically know about it if you're into social media analytics and metrics and its effects on advertising and so on. Their technology stack is very cool. The amount of data it needs to process is staggering. And this whole field is relatively new so there are tons of potential in it.
- retube 15y agoYes but even the fairly niche demographic of HN extends to those with interests outside of social analytics.
- vegashacker 15y agoThe interest here (for most people I assume) is the YC funding they got in 08. (Or "O8" as it seems to be written in the headline.)
- retube 15y agoYeah agreed. And their site doesn't seem to say anything either, other than they've been acquired by Twitter. Looking at Google search results it appears to be social analytics. I guess they spit out metrics on brand mentions, retweets, compute scores or ranks on "buzz", and probably do sentiment too. But I'm guessing wildly.