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Ask HN: Has any overated social site generated enough profit?

1 points by ddorian43 13y ago

ScottWhigham 13y ago
I tried to understand your question but I'm sorry - I don't think I understand what you are asking. Can you be more explicit?
- ddorian43 13y ago
  I think every social site has underdelivered on revenue/profit. Basically from a business perspective (not get rich from being sold to another company/ipo) they all suck. Am i right?
  - ScottWhigham 13y ago
    That's such a broad question. In order to answer it, I'd need to discuss each and every "social site". Hell, I don't know every social site. And my definition of what is and what is not a "social site" might differ from yours. Is LinkedIn a social site? What about Constant Contact?
    - ddorian43 13y ago
      Facebook,twitter,myspace,reddit,digg,tumblr,linkded-in... Why would ConstantContact be a social site???
      - ScottWhigham 13y ago
        I guarantee you that CC wants you to think of them as a social site! Whenever you try to pin down a buzzword, you'll find people on all sides saying they are/aren't part of it.
        ddorian43 13y ago
        If YOU think they are fine. But they can say whatever. Back to the original quesiton?
  - ScottWhigham 13y ago
    The software won't let me reply at the other level so I'll do it here: If YOU think they are fine. But they can say whatever. Back to the original quesiton? Sorry - I thought I'd said it before but, upon re-reading, I didn't: I can't answer the question because it is too broad in its current form. I don't know "every social site" and I don't know that we can agree on what a "social site" is/does. As such, it's a futile discussion. If, for example, I choose to focus on G+, I might spend 20 minutes on a reply for you to say, "Yeah, but that's G+ - no one but Google employees are using that so it doesn't count. I'm talking about real social sites." Blah - no thanks. I'm being generic, of course - for all I know, you are part of the G+ brigade. I'm just pointing out the (obvious) risk of investing a lot of time in a vague thread.
sebastianconcpt 13y ago
Your question can't be answered like that. "Overrated" and "enough" are opinions based on points of view of people you don't mention.
- ddorian43 13y ago
  Do you think any socialsite(from the one i mentioned and the ones you think are social sites) has generated enough revenue(in your eyes) compared to the growth/hype/stock-price/valuations/investments/whatever?

1 points by ddorian43 13y ago

I tried to understand your question but I'm sorry - I don't think I understand what you are asking. Can you be more explicit?

ddorian43 13y ago
I think every social site has underdelivered on revenue/profit. Basically from a business perspective (not get rich from being sold to another company/ipo) they all suck. Am i right?
- ScottWhigham 13y ago
  That's such a broad question. In order to answer it, I'd need to discuss each and every "social site". Hell, I don't know every social site. And my definition of what is and what is not a "social site" might differ from yours. Is LinkedIn a social site? What about Constant Contact?
  - ddorian43 13y ago
    Facebook,twitter,myspace,reddit,digg,tumblr,linkded-in... Why would ConstantContact be a social site???
    - ScottWhigham 13y ago
      I guarantee you that CC wants you to think of them as a social site! Whenever you try to pin down a buzzword, you'll find people on all sides saying they are/aren't part of it.
      - ddorian43 13y ago
        If YOU think they are fine. But they can say whatever. Back to the original quesiton?
- ScottWhigham 13y ago
  The software won't let me reply at the other level so I'll do it here: If YOU think they are fine. But they can say whatever. Back to the original quesiton? Sorry - I thought I'd said it before but, upon re-reading, I didn't: I can't answer the question because it is too broad in its current form. I don't know "every social site" and I don't know that we can agree on what a "social site" is/does. As such, it's a futile discussion. If, for example, I choose to focus on G+, I might spend 20 minutes on a reply for you to say, "Yeah, but that's G+ - no one but Google employees are using that so it doesn't count. I'm talking about real social sites." Blah - no thanks. I'm being generic, of course - for all I know, you are part of the G+ brigade. I'm just pointing out the (obvious) risk of investing a lot of time in a vague thread.

sebastianconcpt 13y ago

Your question can't be answered like that. "Overrated" and "enough" are opinions based on points of view of people you don't mention.

ddorian43 13y ago
Do you think any socialsite(from the one i mentioned and the ones you think are social sites) has generated enough revenue(in your eyes) compared to the growth/hype/stock-price/valuations/investments/whatever?