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It’s time to say goodbye

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Re: It’s time to say goodbye

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Post by joshcrowder »

moreentropy wrote: post #13
blowski wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no idea why Do is closing down, but I'm guessing it has something to do with lack of ROI. Hence, Salesforce has a fiduciary duty to do so. This repeated criticism on HN of any company choosing to close down a service is bizarre.

Maybe. But that goodbye post is a joke. No facts, no reason, just a friendly fuck you.

Very true, I received the email twice, insult to injury.

"We are working on a way to export your data, So long suckerss!!!"

Re: It’s time to say goodbye

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Post by aegirth »

I'm a Salesforce admin and I never understood why Salesforce didn't do more to integrate Do into their platform. The only thing they did was a half-assed AppExchange app which was nearly useless and had no direct integration with the core functionality (why have a collaboration platform if you can't feed it into your organization's data?). Then again, they probably just bought it mainly for the domain name.

Re: It’s time to say goodbye

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Post by mistercow »

javajosh wrote: post #18

So, I'll take the domain if you don't want it anymore...

I was just wondering how much less time a website owner will be willing to stick it out on a sinking business for each additional dollar of domain name value. It's got to be a lot more tempting to bail on a site when it means you can sell "do.com" than if the site is "PeanutsForUglyDonkeys.com".

Re: It’s time to say goodbye

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Post by ErikAugust »

mamatta wrote: post #3
gesman wrote: post #2

To DO: You don't need to do anything. Your domain name will pull seven figures+ without you .... doing anything :)

Salesforce (the company behind do.com) is notorious for buying 2-4 letter domains. I'm sure they'll find another way to use it a few years from now.

Data.com comes to mind.

Re: It’s time to say goodbye

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Post by collyw »

Sorry, a bit off topic, but am I the only one that finds that webpage really horrible to look at? The background makes me think I have a dirty screen. I find it quite unpleasant to look at.
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