Facebook Acquires FriendFeed • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by ivankirigin » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:19 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #7

ivankirigin wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tech at FriendFeed is nothing to scoff at.

he didn't

Yes, saying it is for talent is like saying it isn't for tech.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by adamhowell » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:20 PM UTC

I think the most interesting thing about this (other than the fact that Friendfeed sold so early) is that, I'd guess, about half the company is already set for life from Google.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:20 PM UTC

The standard 18 months ago:

http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/facebook-acquires-fri...

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by jacquesm » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:21 PM UTC

ivankirigin wrote: post #11

jacquesm wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

he didn't

Yes, saying it is for talent is like saying it isn't for tech.

Their tech is great, but look at who is running that place, it is like buying google at half price time.

Really good news, for both parties.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:22 PM UTC

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Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by callmeed » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:25 PM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

General questions about "talent acquisitions" ... when it happens, what's to keep the talent from leaving? Is it generally a scenario where the talent wouldn't sell if they didn't want to stay on board–or are there also clauses in the acquisition that actually prevent them from leaving?

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by aneesh » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:27 PM UTC

callmeed wrote: post #16

dannyr wrote: post #2

My guess is it's a talent acquisition.

General questions about "talent acquisitions" ... when it happens, what's to keep the talent from leaving? Is it generally a scenario where the talent wouldn't sell if they didn't want to stay on board–or are there also clauses in the acquisition that actually prevent them from leaving?

My understanding is that usually a significant part of the payout is in stock, which will vest over a couple years.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by apgwoz » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:27 PM UTC

This doesn't make me happy. FriendFeed is an amazing product, and though I'm glad that they are getting their payday for it, I hope the service doesn't get killed off or abandoned. I'm not so much a fan of Facebook, so potentially being forced to use it so that I can continue to use the features I love from FriendFeed is more or less going to cause me to look somewhere else for those features, which unfortunately is not something I'm likely to find elsewhere.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by treyp » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:28 PM UTC

Nobody has said it, so I guess I'll go ahead -- I don't like to hear this.

I use Facebook a lot, but I think Friendfeed is such a great product and that Facebook is such a mature site that nothing good can come of the acquisition.

The absolute best case would be that the Friendfeed talent supremely cleans up the code at Facebook to make it a much faster site, but even that would be at the cost of Friendfeed's development.

Re: Facebook Acquires FriendFeed

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Post by intellectronica » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 7:29 PM UTC

Huh! I must admit I was secretly hoping that would happen. I hope that's more than a recruitment round, and that Facebook will now gain all the functionality from FriendFeed.