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I heard the exact same thing said about Youtube a few years ago. Can you name a software company that has had 100+ million users and failed?
by marvin 12y ago
I heard the exact same thing said about Youtube a few years ago. Can you name a software company that has had 100+ million users and failed?
- nostrademons 12y agoMySpace and Orkut both had over 100M users and failed, but it was because of neglect by their corporate owners, not a failure to monetize. AOL made it to about 30M at their peak; they're down to about 2M now. I agree with the general point of this thread (that once you get to 100M+ users, there will be a way to monetize), but if you're trying to make the stronger point that once a company gets to 100M+ users they're invulnerable, there are ample counterexamples. [1] http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/one-million-ning-networks/ http://mashable.com/2009/04/16/one-million-ning-networks/
- hnnewguy 12y agoHaving "100+ million users" is a relatively new concept, period. It shouldn't be surprising that very few, if any, have failed. But that doesn't tell us anything about the future. Before Enron, how many companies with $100+ billion in revenues went bankrupt?