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This whole thing is weird. So much jostling to claim credit for the sheer vapidity of a floating QR code.

by Gatsky 5y ago

autokad 5y ago
I am confused here, why should I care about this whole thing?
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- nathanaldensr 5y ago
  What, you don't want your hourly dose of dopamine-fueled rage?
smoldesu 5y ago
My thoughts exactly. I half expect a drove of VCR manufacturers to step forward and take credit for the concept of a logo that bounces around on your screen...
- atdrummond 5y ago
  I identify that more with DVD manufacturers - is there a preceding VHS modal I should be familiar with?
  - bombcar 5y ago
    VHS would blue screen (bad) or static (good) - blue screen was bad because it could burn in TVs (you can sometimes still find TVs that don't display blue well and have a faint STOP burned into the upper right). So the DVD setup was to bounce a DVD logo (specifically not standing for anything) around in a quasirandom pattern (I believe they did try to make it roughly touch the whole screen at some point).
- danuker 5y ago
  And displays, and projectors bouncing the "no signal" message forever instead of going to sleep after 10 seconds of no signal.
mwattsun 5y ago
This is an indicator of trustworthiness and credibility. What else is the Coinbase CEO lying about?
- ldiracdelta 5y ago
  It's also possible the CEO was told something that wasn't true by an underling.
  - elil17 5y ago
    As a CEO, why are you tweeting when you don’t need to be? Poor judgment
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- hitekker 5y ago
  Particularly, why brag about doing it in-house when your own CMO has credited outside agencies? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899028049740869632/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899028... It makes the CEO look weak, stupid, and petty.
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- lupire 5y ago
micromacrofoot 5y ago
I don’t think it’s about the credit, if true, it was very rude to take the credit and specifically trash the industry… I would be tempted to throw out a “hey wtf!” if it happened to me!
paulpauper 5y ago
It does seem stupid, but we're talking about an economy in which ugly digital apes are selling for $300k, so nothing should be a surprise anymore or too petty
chupchap 5y ago
It is not about the QR code itself. It's about recommending something like that in a priced ad spot with an intent to go create virality. That is what the ad agency was suggesting and what coinbase was able to achieve. Right idea, in the right context.
- listenallyall 5y ago
  This was not a viral ad. Some insiders in the ad biz are talking about it, as are some HN'ers, crypto fans and similar people -- who pretty much all have their minds made up about Coinbase a long time ago. The general public? It has been long forgotten.

This whole thing is weird. So much jostling to claim credit for the sheer vapidity of a floating QR code.

by Gatsky 5y ago

This whole thing is weird. So much jostling to claim credit for the sheer vapidity of a floating QR code.

autokad 5y ago

I am confused here, why should I care about this whole thing?

deleted 5y ago
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nathanaldensr 5y ago
What, you don't want your hourly dose of dopamine-fueled rage?

smoldesu 5y ago

My thoughts exactly. I half expect a drove of VCR manufacturers to step forward and take credit for the concept of a logo that bounces around on your screen...

atdrummond 5y ago
I identify that more with DVD manufacturers - is there a preceding VHS modal I should be familiar with?
- bombcar 5y ago
  VHS would blue screen (bad) or static (good) - blue screen was bad because it could burn in TVs (you can sometimes still find TVs that don't display blue well and have a faint STOP burned into the upper right). So the DVD setup was to bounce a DVD logo (specifically not standing for anything) around in a quasirandom pattern (I believe they did try to make it roughly touch the whole screen at some point).
danuker 5y ago
And displays, and projectors bouncing the "no signal" message forever instead of going to sleep after 10 seconds of no signal.

mwattsun 5y ago

This is an indicator of trustworthiness and credibility. What else is the Coinbase CEO lying about?

ldiracdelta 5y ago
It's also possible the CEO was told something that wasn't true by an underling.
- elil17 5y ago
  As a CEO, why are you tweeting when you don’t need to be? Poor judgment
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
hitekker 5y ago
Particularly, why brag about doing it in-house when your own CMO has credited outside agencies? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899028049740869632/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899028... It makes the CEO look weak, stupid, and petty.
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lupire 5y ago

micromacrofoot 5y ago

I don’t think it’s about the credit, if true, it was very rude to take the credit and specifically trash the industry… I would be tempted to throw out a “hey wtf!” if it happened to me!

paulpauper 5y ago

It does seem stupid, but we're talking about an economy in which ugly digital apes are selling for $300k, so nothing should be a surprise anymore or too petty

chupchap 5y ago

It is not about the QR code itself. It's about recommending something like that in a priced ad spot with an intent to go create virality. That is what the ad agency was suggesting and what coinbase was able to achieve. Right idea, in the right context.

listenallyall 5y ago
This was not a viral ad. Some insiders in the ad biz are talking about it, as are some HN'ers, crypto fans and similar people -- who pretty much all have their minds made up about Coinbase a long time ago. The general public? It has been long forgotten.