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YouTube was "flickr for video", which turned out to be gross understatement of the community potential. Even in good cases, they are horrible analogies.
by ivankirigin 18y ago
YouTube was "flickr for video", which turned out to be gross understatement of the community potential. Even in good cases, they are horrible analogies.
- davemc500hats 18y agonote: you're not trying to be perfectly accurate, and or flowery. you're trying to communicate plainly, and to keep their attention long enough to get to the next slide / next pitch. thus, sometimes taking a shortcut is imperfect, but useful. note: "X for Y" does NOT work very well if neither X nor Y are well understood for the audience. however, it can work ok as shorthand while the person "peels the onion" and gets a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of the concept.
- ivankirigin 18y agoThe best thing about "X for Y" is that it is 3 words long. If there is a more descriptive 3 or 4 word phrase, use it. Tipjoy could have been "Digg with Cash" but both "Makes micropayments work" and "Simple, social payments" are more descriptive.