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Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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I wonder if we need an update to jwz's famous quote [0]: "Every program attempts to expand until it implements user-to-user messaging. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones that can." [0]: http://www.jwz.org/hacks/

Just as a clerical point, it would be better not to put a modified quote inside quotation marks. Currently, it looks like you're quoting the cited article when you're not.

Ah, that's a fair point. My intention was to show what I thought the updated version would look like.

I'd edit if I could, but I'm already past the edit window. Alas.

Re: Putting the Chat into Snapchat

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I still can't believe they turned down $3bn.

The founder, Evan Spiegel, was born in to a rich family. He doesn't need to worry about a huge exit to make his buck in.

It's in some ways nice to have a fun little app reject a huge corporate takeover and just keep developing in its own direction without any kind of cloud hanging over it.

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