Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run

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Post by nl » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 2:49 PM UTC

tytso wrote: post #16

nl wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the original article - it was around $150 he wants refunded.

That's incorrect. You're confusing the Limited Run / Limited Pressing story with the Wahanegi story, both of which hit HN very recently. I find the Wahanegi story more interesting since the OP has a much more concrete analysis about what was happening and why Facebook ads aren't as useful to advertisers.

Sorry, you are right.

(And yes, the Wahanegi was much more interesting, which I guess was why the number stuck in my head)

Re: Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 4:06 PM UTC

samstave wrote: post #20

> 2. FB may or may not be involved in the ad-bots, but, they will drop their $ contingency on ad-rev for the name and payout these guys to shut them up. This was predicted. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313405

uh... you made three fairly different predictions of possible outcomes. You were almost guaranteed that one of them would be true. I'm not sure that is all that significant.

Re: Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run

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Post by samstave » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 4:17 PM UTC

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #22

samstave wrote: post #20

> 2. FB may or may not be involved in the ad-bots, but, they will drop their $ contingency on ad-rev for the name and payout these guys to shut them up. This was predicted. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313405

uh... you made three fairly different predictions of possible outcomes. You were almost guaranteed that one of them would be true. I'm not sure that is all that significant.

Not saying it was significant, only predictable.

Also I think this was the most likely outcome. Act like a minor mea culpa and pay them off.

Re: Facebook: There must have been miscommunication with Limited Run

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Post by JonnieCache » Wed, Aug 01, 2012, 7:30 AM UTC

taligent wrote: post #15

JonnieCache wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO it's more likely to be that they know full well those bots are skewing the figures underpinning their valuation and their general popularity with investors. They're trying to quietly move the narrative away from that part by focusing on the naming issue.

You seem to forget that Zuckerberg owns majority voting stock. He could turn Facebook into a porn site and there isn't anything anybody can do about it. So when you understand this you will see how ridiculous this notion is that Facebook is complicit in scamming advertisers. Also do people not remember when this was (and still is) happening with Google ? It's like spam. You can manage it but never really get rid of i…

I'm... arguing against that notion (that FB is behind the bots.)