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Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by mweibel » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 1:58 PM UTC

trebor wrote: post #4

Sorry, but I can't find any sign of an "Open Messaging Service" by Yahoo anywhere. I can't find clients, I can't find sources. The OP doesn't cite a single post but brazenly makes broad assertions with nothing to back them up. Citations, links, anything, please? Edit: Apparently the post is fictional. I didn't realize this when I skimmed it.

You realise that this post speaks about 2013 as it would be in the past, right?

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by junto » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 1:59 PM UTC

tonybaroneee wrote: post #9

This is indeed an article from the future! (notice how it says "Two years ago Edward Snowden released..."). It is basically saying that Yahoo has a serious opportunity on their hands if they want to disrupt email right now.

Indeed, it is just a serious opportunity for them to become relevant again.

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by paulormg » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 1:59 PM UTC

Hey Junto, I suggest you put a date on the post, something like "Aug 09th, 2015", so people can understand more easily it's a fictitious post. But the idea is awesome! I hope it can get to Marissa or some other visionary executive/entrepreneur to make something like this a reality in the years to come.

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by uptown » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:01 PM UTC

They're currently focusing on designing 29 logos people will like better than their final design. They'll get to transforming global communications right after that.

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by junto » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:02 PM UTC

paulormg wrote: post #14

Hey Junto, I suggest you put a date on the post, something like "Aug 09th, 2015", so people can understand more easily it's a fictitious post. But the idea is awesome! I hope it can get to Marissa or some other visionary executive/entrepreneur to make something like this a reality in the years to come.

Sadly, Medium doesn't seems to let me change it. I already looked. If their is anyone from Medium.com reading, feel free to tweak the date in your db!

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by trebor » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:02 PM UTC

junto wrote: post #11

trebor wrote: post #4

Sorry, but I can't find any sign of an "Open Messaging Service" by Yahoo anywhere. I can't find clients, I can't find sources. The OP doesn't cite a single post but brazenly makes broad assertions with nothing to back them up. Citations, links, anything, please? Edit: Apparently the post is fictional. I didn't realize this when I skimmed it.

The post is fictional; set in 2015. "Two years ago Edward Snowden released a slow trickle of highly damaging revelations about the NSA and the erosion of privacy that affected people not just in the USA, but across the world." Sorry, if that wasn't clear.

It would be nice to tag something as fiction in its title here, in a category on Medium, or something like that. Sorry to be a downer, but I come here to read news and often only skim the (oft useless) introduction to an article.

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by junto » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:02 PM UTC

mweibel wrote: post #12

trebor wrote: post #4

Sorry, but I can't find any sign of an "Open Messaging Service" by Yahoo anywhere. I can't find clients, I can't find sources. The OP doesn't cite a single post but brazenly makes broad assertions with nothing to back them up. Citations, links, anything, please? Edit: Apparently the post is fictional. I didn't realize this when I skimmed it.

You realise that this post speaks about 2013 as it would be in the past, right?

Oops. Where is that, I can't find it?

Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

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Re: Yahoo's new killer app

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Post by basicallydan » Fri, Aug 09, 2013, 2:03 PM UTC

junto wrote: post #11

trebor wrote: post #4

Sorry, but I can't find any sign of an "Open Messaging Service" by Yahoo anywhere. I can't find clients, I can't find sources. The OP doesn't cite a single post but brazenly makes broad assertions with nothing to back them up. Citations, links, anything, please? Edit: Apparently the post is fictional. I didn't realize this when I skimmed it.

The post is fictional; set in 2015. "Two years ago Edward Snowden released a slow trickle of highly damaging revelations about the NSA and the erosion of privacy that affected people not just in the USA, but across the world." Sorry, if that wasn't clear.

Not quite clear - took a minute for me to figure out. Maybe I am in the minority though :)