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Re: Ziptr to Discontinue Services

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X4 wrote: post #22
krapp wrote: post #20

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I'm going to start blaming them for the weather. I've got no evidence that they're controlling the weather, but it seems like something they would do if they could.

actually it's provable that the weather is partly controlled, at least in Germany. http://www.br.de/themen/wissen/wetter-meteorologie-rosenheim... No need to be a conspiracy-theorist, it's simply true. They use that to avoid hail damaging the crops. They clearly can manipulate the weather, the question is to what degree and when do they do it and with what aim: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_modification

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Re: Ziptr to Discontinue Services

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Post by lsllc »

rdl wrote: post #4

I wonder if this is governmental pressure or merely "ran out of money"/normal commercial concerns.

I know these guys ... I doubt they ran out of money, they're really good at executing. If the business wasn't panning out, they would've sold to someone.

Re: Ziptr to Discontinue Services

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Post by ars »

sillysaurus2 wrote: post #30
ars wrote: post #26

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Or have friends. The first few votes matter a LOT. So as soon as you submit you ask 3 friends to vote it up (make sure they vote within a few minutes of each other). That gives a chance. If the community doesn't like it it won't stay up, but it gives you at least a chance.

Actually, you're describing a voting ring, which is against the rules and is bannable. Luckily the software is intelligent enough that it detects people who do such things and automatically nullifies the effect of those votes.

I guess so. I should clarify I've never actually done this, just seen other people [say they] did it. And watching the vote patterns correlated with homepage position on my few submissions tells me it would work.

BTW I don't see any mention of this in the rules.

Re: Ziptr to Discontinue Services

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Post by rdl »

dsl wrote: post #25
runn1ng wrote: post #8

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"ran out of money" wouldn't have this "we can't say anything, we are closing it now" odor.

Current "encryption" related concerns provide save-face cover for ran of money quite nicely.

This company also seems pretty low risk, unlike, say, a consumer privacy messaging or VPN service.

Consumer privacy services have very low revenue per customer, so if you attract a few customers with huge attached legal costs, you probably just shut down. I think if you're not a dick, you shut down and offer to pay your existing customers to use an equivalent (if available) service elsewhere for some transition period, since you can't continue operating your service directly.

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