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The article isn't half-bad, but must we always refer to things based on "Billion Dollar" money-centric thinking. What happening to "world changing", "breakthrou
by nickpinkston 15y ago
The article isn't half-bad, but must we always refer to things based on "Billion Dollar" money-centric thinking. What happening to "world changing", "breakthrough", etc. hyperbole?
Maybe it's less measurable, but it'd be nice for us to at least frame what we do as trying to accomplish more than deal digital heroin to make GigaBucks.
- ajays 15y agoIt's about Instagram, and there are people still mulling the "billion dollar" figure about Instagram getting acquired by FB.
- nickpinkston 15y agoInstagram being cared about because of acquision size is part of this too. I'm skeptical about what "value" is really created with companies like this. Zygna seems like a net-loss for society, "they're gonna make billions!" seems to justify it in the eyes of many...
- uvTwitch 15y agoNo, we don't, but billion-dollar is a far more appropriate thing to associate with instagram than world-changing.