The real deal with Groupon

gab008 wrote: post #3

Did not see the video-report, the commercial required to watch this takes too long (more than 15 seconds). I've closed the tab after first 7 seconds.

It is a twelve minute video; a minute comercial is less than 10% of the overall time. It really isn't that unreasonable, in my opinion.

Watching a minute commercial on the internet is a good way to support video on the web.

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by Gaussian » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 3:24 AM UTC

This is 60 minutes... where we're only 1 year behind the news! This is like their exposé on high-speed trading that came six months after the Flash Crash. Brilliant. Not that I hate the show. But their tendency to cherry pick well-trodden stories always annoys me.

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by sequoia » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 3:29 AM UTC

gab008 wrote: post #3

Did not see the video-report, the commercial required to watch this takes too long (more than 15 seconds). I've closed the tab after first 7 seconds.

Ad-blocker just skipped the commercial :p

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by Johnyma22 » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 3:32 AM UTC

This is not journalism, this is a company profile.

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by AznHisoka » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 3:46 AM UTC

I immediately stopped reading when I saw they were interviewing Mason.. Groupon is a public company, and the CEO/founder of course wants to shine a positive light on things. You can't learn much here.

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by pbreit » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 4:05 AM UTC

AznHisoka wrote: post #8

I immediately stopped reading when I saw they were interviewing Mason.. Groupon is a public company, and the CEO/founder of course wants to shine a positive light on things. You can't learn much here.

I didn't downvote but will say the comment is dumb. In fact, we can learn a lot from successful public company CEOs like Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Marc Beniof and Andrew Mason.

Re: The real deal with Groupon

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Post by MengYuanLong » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 4:17 AM UTC

Gaussian wrote: post #5

This is 60 minutes... where we're only 1 year behind the news! This is like their exposé on high-speed trading that came six months after the Flash Crash. Brilliant. Not that I hate the show. But their tendency to cherry pick well-trodden stories always annoys me.

Indeed. And in addition to that, they don't even dig deeper with the extra time. This expose has all the depth of a pleasant Sunday picnic with Mason.