Maybe I'm being nit-picky, I wish we would stop using "poaching" to refer to the (legal) hiring of a person already employed at another company. Actual poaching is illegal, conversely anti-"poaching" pacts are collusive and illegal.
Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
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Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#12Congrats to David Marcus.
I'm kind of bummed to see him doing good things with a product I consider a core part of the services I use and then leave to join a product I don't much care for.
What's great about Paypal is that it's good for both business and personal. Facebook is horrible for making that separation. I couldn't see myself using Facebook over Paypal. Though most important is the adoption. If it's easy and everyone is using it, then I suppose that could change my mind.
Good luck to all involved.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#13Facebook may be generating significant mobile revenue, but the core Facebook mobile / app strategy is suspect. Poke, Home and Paper have all been flops, and it's hard to imagine Slingshot faring any better.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#14How long before Facebook will attack paypal on its home turf?
They could do a pretty good job of it too, what with facebook knowing who you are (within reason) and who your friends are they could set this up in such a way that they could side-step the biggest problems with payments through paypal.
The tell-tale will be when facebook registers as a bank somewhere.
Edit: hello downvoter, feel free to disagree a bit more verbosely.
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#15How is it that so many seemingly incredible people come out of PayPal, and PayPal still sucks so much?
The all-star list is insane, it keeps growing, and yet PayPal still that can't seem to do anything new.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#16How is it that so many seemingly incredible people come out of PayPal, and PayPal still sucks so much? The all-star list is insane, it keeps growing, and yet PayPal still that can't seem to do anything new.
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#17How is it that so many seemingly incredible people come out of PayPal, and PayPal still sucks so much? The all-star list is insane, it keeps growing, and yet PayPal still that can't seem to do anything new.
They don't need to even do anything new feature-wise; they need CS that doesn't suck goat cheese through a coffee stirrer.
If I call in with a problem, give me someone that can both answer my questions and put fingers on the keyboard and fix said problem.
Not really that hard. No more indian call centers, no more useless CS, no more hiding need-to-know information behind the all-consuming veil of "fraud protection" (something its competitors don't seem to have that much of an issue with).
That's 90% of your problems fixed right there. The other 10% would be the inconsistent enforcement of rules.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#18Maybe I'm being nit-picky, I wish we would stop using "poaching" to refer to the (legal) hiring of a person already employed at another company. Actual poaching is illegal, conversely anti-"poaching" pacts are collusive and illegal.
Poaching:
Making a significantly more enticing offer to a deserving professional within a free market.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#19Maybe I'm being nit-picky, I wish we would stop using "poaching" to refer to the (legal) hiring of a person already employed at another company. Actual poaching is illegal, conversely anti-"poaching" pacts are collusive and illegal.
Source?
According to Merriam-Webster, to poach means "to attract (as an employee or customer) away from a competitor". No indication of illegality here.
Re: Facebook poaches PayPal president David Marcus to run Messenger
#20Maybe I'm being nit-picky, I wish we would stop using "poaching" to refer to the (legal) hiring of a person already employed at another company. Actual poaching is illegal, conversely anti-"poaching" pacts are collusive and illegal.
Poaching: Making a significantly more enticing offer to a deserving professional within a free market.
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