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That is exactly the problem with Scribd? No growth no pivots, so all that is left do to is plaster the thing with ads and have someone keep it running at night.

That is exactly the problem with Scribd? No growth no pivots, so all that is left do to is plaster the thing with ads and have someone keep it running at night. It's terrible exactly because it is too old now.

cheeze 12y ago
But it's a ycombinator company, so it doesn't matter. People will blindly support it due to the nature.
- i80and 12y ago
  Anecdotally, I've never heard from anybody who didn't resent Scribd. At best, people use it because of entrenched habits.
  - duskwuff 12y ago
    The whole business of "you must buy a paid account to download this PDF" is pretty galling.