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Because Meerkat made Twitter noticeably worse. All its notifications are useless in a matter of seconds or minutes (vs revolutionizing transportation to tremend

by pbreit 12y ago

Because Meerkat made Twitter noticeably worse. All its notifications are useless in a matter of seconds or minutes (vs revolutionizing transportation to tremendous citizen delight).

inthewoods 12y ago
Yes, but imagine if you owned a cab company in NYC or SF - how would you be feeling?
- marincounty 12y ago
  Or, you buy the Uber Driver pitch and buy a Uber approved 4 door car, and find you are working for less than minimum wage, or worse yet; you end up in Bankruptcy court? I don't care that Uber is providing competition--I just don't like their business plan of hiring Drivers without any risk on their part. "Oh, but you're an Independent Contractor, but you need to drive a certain year four door car from our List.(A list that doesn't make a lot of sense? Oh yea, I have found selling a four door car on the secondary market is harder than selling a two door car; if your Uber job is not what they claimed?" My point is I guess Uber provides great service for their customers, but I question the great experience for the "Independent Contractors"? Sorry, but I saw Uber and had to chime in. Back on track--Twitter--that verification email I keep forgetting to fill out.
  - inthewoods 12y ago
    Interesting points - isn't that similar to how Twitter developers often feel? I often see comments here about "Don't build a business around Twitter" - seems actually somewhat similar.
inthewoods 12y ago
Continuing the thought experiment: What about the case of AirBnB which definitely had some questionable behavior relative to Craigslist? Does that change the dynamic for you? AirBnB didn't degrade the experience of Craigslist, but it did leverage their network to build their own business. I hear this story all the time as one of the best examples of "growth hacking" (along with Dropbox).

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Because Meerkat made Twitter noticeably worse. All its notifications are useless in a matter of seconds or minutes (vs revolutionizing transportation to tremend

by pbreit 12y ago

Because Meerkat made Twitter noticeably worse. All its notifications are useless in a matter of seconds or minutes (vs revolutionizing transportation to tremendous citizen delight).

inthewoods 12y ago
Yes, but imagine if you owned a cab company in NYC or SF - how would you be feeling?
- marincounty 12y ago
  Or, you buy the Uber Driver pitch and buy a Uber approved 4 door car, and find you are working for less than minimum wage, or worse yet; you end up in Bankruptcy court? I don't care that Uber is providing competition--I just don't like their business plan of hiring Drivers without any risk on their part. "Oh, but you're an Independent Contractor, but you need to drive a certain year four door car from our List.(A list that doesn't make a lot of sense? Oh yea, I have found selling a four door car on the secondary market is harder than selling a two door car; if your Uber job is not what they claimed?" My point is I guess Uber provides great service for their customers, but I question the great experience for the "Independent Contractors"? Sorry, but I saw Uber and had to chime in. Back on track--Twitter--that verification email I keep forgetting to fill out.
  - inthewoods 12y ago
    Interesting points - isn't that similar to how Twitter developers often feel? I often see comments here about "Don't build a business around Twitter" - seems actually somewhat similar.
inthewoods 12y ago
Continuing the thought experiment: What about the case of AirBnB which definitely had some questionable behavior relative to Craigslist? Does that change the dynamic for you? AirBnB didn't degrade the experience of Craigslist, but it did leverage their network to build their own business. I hear this story all the time as one of the best examples of "growth hacking" (along with Dropbox).