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Can any of the companies in this article really be called startups anymore?
by tommoor 13y ago
Can any of the companies in this article really be called startups anymore?
- Fasebook 13y agoTwitter was never a small start up. It saw a pattern and invested millions in following and overtaking. The internet would be a better place without it.
- astrowilliam 13y agoI don't understand how the internet would be a better place without Twitter, please explain. I don't see them doing any harm. And if they are doing harm, could you please tell me what harm they are causing?
- Aqueous 13y agoTake this with a grain of salt from someone whose handle is "Fasebook."
- vacri 13y agoTwitter does lead to emphasising banal commentary, with less space for nuance. Your comment, simple as it is, is 50% too long for twitter.
- evan_ 13y agoThe Post you're replying to would arguably be more impactful if it were short enough for a tweet- as it is, the point is restated two or three times. The first sentence is certainly enough to convey the message (and its subtext).
- vacri 13y agoThere are nuances in the other two sentences not conveyed in the first - "better without X" is not the same as "X is not doing harm". The way it's currently phrased is a better, more rounded request, giving the respondee a better anchor to work from. You've actually highlighted how some nuance and context is lost by cutting things down to a 'soundbite'.
- morgante 13y agoDropbox and Box are, for the moment, still startups. Twitter isn't since they've IPOed.
- _delirium 13y agoDropbox may have been a startup 5 years ago, but it seems like just a tech company to me nowadays. One that may stay independent, might sell to someone else later, who knows, but not really a "startup".