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You know, I've been turning it over in my head for while. I'm of a similar mind. Mason may know a whole lot – but he commands none of the respect I feel for th
by danilocampos 13y ago
You know, I've been turning it over in my head for while. I'm of a similar mind.
Mason may know a whole lot – but he commands none of the respect I feel for the other names associated with YC. He's an antibrand. Maybe someone can someday make a compelling case for why Groupon isn't a completely scummy greater fool play. But all the sane, non-frothy things I've read about it make that a tough mountain to scale.
- reaclmbs 13y agoYou really should not speak of things of which you do not know.
- danilocampos 13y agoMost all of life is acting in the presence of imperfect or incomplete data. I welcome any contributions to my imperfect knowledge you may offer, however.
- reaclmbs 13y agoGroupon is no longer the same company it was 4 years ago; you might be biased by being anchored to a $20 IPO price, which you should actually blame on the investment "banksters"; thousands of merchants are grateful for the relationships they have with the company and continue to maintain those relationships; at least one YCombinator company has been purchased by Groupon. Calling it a "scummy greater fool play" is not appropriate in light of these facts.
- danilocampos 13y ago> thousands of merchants are grateful for the relationships they have with the company Are the thousands of merchants happy with Groupon outnumbered by the thousands of merchants not happy with Groupon? > Calling it a "scummy greater fool play" is not appropriate in light of these facts. Your "facts" more resemble opinions phrased as assertions. Which is your right, but if persuasion was your aim, the feedback might be useful.
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- reaclmbs 13y agoMr. Campos, if you're interested, I'm available for discussing this offline. Best regards.