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Post by rjeli »

creato wrote: post #187
jjeaff wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No sound business model? Quora has a sound business model. The same model as many VC backed SV companies. No, it's not to simply sell ads. You build something slick and shiny, then you pump VC money into it and you keep hyping (otherwise known as "pumping") until you can get numbers that look good. You can just spend that sweet, easy VC money to buy users and spend a dollar to make 10 cents because of that "growth" y…

Do you have an example? You speak as if this is a very common pattern, but I can't think of any good examples. I can think of some that look like they might fit this pattern if they were to IPO, but that's a big if.

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Re: “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”

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Post by danr4 »

Just A Bookmarklet that removes fixed elements like annoying signup overlays:

javascript:(function()%7B(function () %7Bvar i%2C elements %3D document.querySelectorAll('body *')%3Bfor (i %3D 0%3B i < elements.length%3B i%2B%2B) %7Bif (getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position %3D%3D%3D 'fixed') %7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)()

Re: “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”

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Post by smsm42 »

adrianmonk wrote: post #159

I don't see why Pinterest does this to themselves. My main exposure to them is through Google image search and links to their site. So my first several experiences were like this. It left me with a terrible first impression. It makes me wonder if the whole site plays games and tries to waste my time. I usually don't sign up for an account the first few times I encounter a site, so in my mind it's a pretty critical ti…

> It makes me wonder if the whole site plays games and tries to waste my time.

They seem to be desperate for traffic. I've been using it for a while, but recently they've sent me a wave of spam emails "suggesting" to me various content which has no relevancy for me and is not connected to anything I've been doing. I've unsubscribed from all their mails (I hope so) but now I am hesitant to even use the site again, so that I don't get more spam sent to me.

Re: “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”

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Post by thomasz »

adrianmonk wrote: post #159

I don't see why Pinterest does this to themselves. My main exposure to them is through Google image search and links to their site. So my first several experiences were like this. It left me with a terrible first impression. It makes me wonder if the whole site plays games and tries to waste my time. I usually don't sign up for an account the first few times I encounter a site, so in my mind it's a pretty critical ti…

Most likely someone was told that his bonus depends on improving the number of sign ups. Which he then did.

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Post by thaumasiotes »

on_and_off wrote: post #210
jypepin wrote: post #204

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Agreed on this. What's surprising to meis their success despite the logged in experience not being better at all. We're getting married, so my fiancée is (obviously) using pinterest for everything - her dress, themes, you name it. And the wedding planner we work with uses Pinterest too, we (try) to share it with them so they get an idea. Even such a simple feature as sharing a board is a nightmare and wastes 5-10 min…

My 2 cents : they are popular because they are pretty much the only ones in that pretty specific space. It does not explain why no other company has tried to copycat them though.

Pinspire?

From 2012: https://readwrite.com/2012/01/13/pinspire_the_hottest_new_st...

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Post by kbenson »

on_and_off wrote: post #210
jypepin wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed on this. What's surprising to meis their success despite the logged in experience not being better at all. We're getting married, so my fiancée is (obviously) using pinterest for everything - her dress, themes, you name it. And the wedding planner we work with uses Pinterest too, we (try) to share it with them so they get an idea. Even such a simple feature as sharing a board is a nightmare and wastes 5-10 min…

My 2 cents : they are popular because they are pretty much the only ones in that pretty specific space. It does not explain why no other company has tried to copycat them though.

Shout out to the guy that runs pinboard. He posts here sometimes (regularly? Rarely? Often?), and goes into his experience running a site like that by himself.

Re: “Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”

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Post by distances »

adventured wrote: post #145
m-p-3 wrote: post #142

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Quora is shit anyway, StackOverflow&Co is the superior platform.

I agree generally speaking. Quora has raised $452 million in venture capital. It's incredible frankly. There's no actual sound business model there and never has been (which is why eight years later they still don't have a functioning business and are living on VC, while being subsidized by Google abusing its own search policies).

> Quora has raised $452 million in venture capital

Wow, really? I figured they're a bit fancier, more serious version of Yahoo Answers. I wouldn't have thought they'd have any venture capital at all.

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