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Path for iOS 7
- gailees 13y agoI thought Path was dead already?
- onedev 13y agoThey just raised like $50m recently from some random investment first from some country like Indonesia or something.
- callmeed 13y agoI think they just duped some indonesian vcs into giving them $25 last month* ... so, they'll at least be around until they burn through that *http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/11/with-indonesias-leading-round-path-raises-25m-for-private-social-network/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/11/with-indonesias-leading-ro...
- jedanbik 13y agoOk, so maybe it'll be like Orkut mobile for Indonesia. Nothing wrong with that!
- hhandoko 13y agoThe way it was perceived in Indonesia, is that Path had been bought by the Bakrie group. I think in the bigger scheme of things, the $25M is a 'marketing' money well spent. Reason being, Aburizal Bakrie looks to run for the presidential election and this investment provided him with a very positive image.
- ulfw 13y agoA positive image to invest in Bay Area companies with products that are going nowhere, rather than investing in his own people in his own country???
- hhandoko 13y agoYes, believe it or not. Path's brand image is still relatively intact in Indonesia, as compared to USA (where the privacy concerns has tarnished it). It's all to do with one's status, and Indonesian election is more or less a popularity contest. Of course, you'd get more points in investing in a household name (i.e. Path), especially being a 'Western' company. The effect is similar to Erick Thohir's [1] stake in Intermilan, D.C. United, and 76ers. He's probably more popular than the President right now ;) [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Thohir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Thohir
- ulfw 13y agoWow. Really interesting. And really sad, if you think about it. But okay...
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- Spiritus 13y agoIt's a beautiful app, too bad its userbase is non-existant (at least among my friends).
- balladeer 13y agoSo, the privacy concerns, contact stealing and phone spamming rumours were all, well, rumours? I mean there's a reason behind their non-existent user base. I stopped using it when all my friends got an email from them. All! Even my professors, and company managers, my MD. Then they received those emails all over again.
- alexqgb 13y agoWhen I see "Path" I read "Radioactive". How that's for branding?
- Spiritus 13y agoReally? I guess I dodged that bullet then!
- balladeer 13y ago> FTC fines maker of Path app $800,000 for privacy violations First result on goolging "path privacy"
- k-mcgrady 13y agoWasn't this also the time that it became clear lots of apps (including Twitter and Foursquare) were doing the same thing - Path was the only one to get in trouble for it though and the others silently removed those 'features' from their apps.
- balladeer 13y agoNo that was not the time and it was certainly not the same thing.
- imd23 13y agoWhat a waste of time. Their employees and exec team should really pivot into whatever field they want and with that UX and know how they wil nail it.
- saiko-chriskun 13y agoReally wish I had more friends on here.
- ycskyspeak 13y agoThey had pretty major controversies. They were burning through an enormous amount of money on marketing and then silently inviting friends on Facebook controversy. Wonder where they will go from here.
- numair 13y agoA lot of people wonder who is using Path, or if it is even being used. Most of these people live in Western societies. If you go into places where young women are not so keen on expressing themselves in public -- where, for example, it might not even be allowed -- Path is doing exceptionally well. These aren't exactly places in the world where people don't have money, either. Now, based on the sort of completely ignorant comments I have seen on Hacker News as of late regarding people in non-Western societies, and regarding women, I would expect most of you to know nothing about these things. Do yourselves a favor and please shut the fuck up when you don't actually know anything about a particular subject, and base all of your supposed "knowledge" on sensationalist tech journalism and gossip sites. Sorry kids, just because you made an account on a social network site and know how to code an app does NOT mean you understand ANYTHING about how the social network space works. And none of you know anything about Dave Morin, so you should really avoid making fools of yourselves by talking about him. There's a lot that bothers me about Dave, such as his high number of douchey friends (and I tell him this everytime I see him), but he is far from incompetent and stupid. Most of you newcomers to our industry don't even know that Dave was responsible for Facebook's Groups feature, which he designed as a means for getting his employer at the time (a little company called Apple) on board as Facebook's first advertiser. He isn't a wannabe who made a social network to be trendy. I wish reading HN comments these days didn't make me so angry. Ugh. Sorry for those of you who sense my negativity.
- zmitri 13y agoHey Numair, I agree with you on the negativity. It's not good for anyone. Path is exquisitely designed and the product team are top notch. That being said, websites like App Annie provide reasonably detailed metrics on downloads and popularity in iOS and Android stores and what you've just said doesn't really tie out. Besides Indonesia, it's really not doing well. Important interactions can happen on almost any social network, Path isn't inherently bad, but that doesn't justify it being valued or hyped like it is. There is A LOT of money at play here - and a large portion of that money comes from things like retirement funds, pension funds, etc. I think that annoys a lot of technologists who work hard and get overlooked - you know, those who believe that meritocracy rules in SV instead of connections.
- ulfw 13y agoBesides looking nice (though everything is just too small to read), what else does Path offer? A Facebook without the user base? Sure. But I fail to see the advantage in that. It feels like "it’s a custom-designed, one-of-a-kind bespoke app Morin had built for his assistant and him to communicate and collaborate through" (http://jesuschristsiliconvalley.tumblr.com/post/46539276780/a-cunt-and-his-iphone http://jesuschristsiliconvalley.tumblr.com/post/46539276780/...)
- jbrooksuk 13y agoThe team should just be hired by another company in a similar space! Their app looks nice, functions well, but... is used by no-one. It's a shame, but after the privacy issues you can easily see why.