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"TwittyPic acquired" "Pet Holdings hires TwittyPic Developer" Which headline is more truthful? Which is more interesting? I doubt the latter would make it to
by jsteele 18y ago
"TwittyPic acquired"
"Pet Holdings hires TwittyPic Developer"
Which headline is more truthful?
Which is more interesting?
I doubt the latter would make it to the top of HN since it doesn't jive with the startup mythos. Congrats to bemmu, but I doubt he is swimming in vaults full of gold coins. This was simply an aqu-hire.
There is some really good stuff in this article though:
"five million page views per day, with Huh predicting that the sites will top two billion page views this year."
"I asked Huh about the irony of an Internet company turning to stuffed animals and printed books for revenue."
"It gives you a little bit of sense of how hard it is to make money online using advertising,"
We should be talking about that.
- bemmu 18y agoCloser to the latter, we are cooperating on a revshare basis. I didn't really think of it as an "acquisition", and frankly when I saw the headline I was a bit shocked, first thinking that Ben had sold our site to someone =)
- Ras_ 18y agoCongrats from another Finn. Did any Finnish news outlet pick this? I haven't seen any. Unlike your Facebook project, which was featured recently in Helsingin Sanomat. For anyone interested - here's the page with Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=fi&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hs.fi%2Ftalous%2Fartikkeli%2FTamperelaisopiskelija%2Bansaitsee%2Belantonsa%2BFacebook-sovelluksella%2F1135238482536&sl=fi&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=fi&...