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Re: Yahoo to Acquire Tumblr

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Post by nicholassmith »

B-Scan wrote: post #2

It looks that lot of their users don't like that idea: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-yahoo-from-buying-tu... Disclosure: I work for iPetitions.

I like how reactionary that is, much like when people expected Instagram to suddenly gain pokes and sidebar ads when Facebook bought them. It may as well say 'WE DON'T LIKE CHANGE'.

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Post by mattquiros »

> Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up

That line is a winner. Hahaha. It's a good thing though that they recognize the general sentiment that they do tend to screw up the products they acquire.

Also, TechCrunch reports that the price is $1.1B http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/its-official-yahoo-is-buyin...

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Post by jordn »

I do like how this article from yahoo finance has this heading and subheading:

  Yahoo! to Acquire Tumblr
  Promises not to screw it up
Fair enough. That probably is most people's biggest concern and expectation of what Yahoo will do.

Re: Yahoo to Acquire Tumblr

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Post by janlukacs »

Don't get it why people are bitchin' about this so much. From what i understand Tumblr was running out of money so there was no other way out for them and their users.

So we have option: a) cry about it online all day, make petitions ... and the whole system closes in a couple of months and you end up with nothing OR b) yahoo buys it and the site lives on

Re: Yahoo to Acquire Tumblr

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Post by nicholassmith »

'Promises not to screw it up'. I think Yahoo are keenly aware people are expecting them to fail badly at this, and want to try head it off at the pass.

So Yahoo now has Mayer running the ship, and Karp involved ostensibly with Tumblr but I'd wager he'd have some input with the direction of Yahoo. He comes across as being a smart, focused guy in profiles, so he might have some bearing on where Yahoo is going.

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Post by mysterywhiteboy »

I don't work for Yahoo, but I must say I would seriously consider working there now with Marissa Mayer at the helm.

Mayer appears to be doing everything she can to drag Yahoo back to being relevant, and to me that sounds like an interesting (and potentially rewarding) challenge.

I just hope she is looking for innovation from within as well as from acquisitions.

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