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Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by jfornear »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #21
jfornear wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...we’ve received an offer we can’t refuse." Translation: $ Plus, Facebook is an awesome product with millions of users. Now they can help Facebook Photos kick its own ass. Sounds like a win-win for everyone. :)

And I believe that. I would have done it as well. That said, there's something wrong with a startup system that's little more than an elaborate job application process. No problem for that kind of consumer space site but at the end of the day the message is clear: Never trust a startup with something important.

I know what you mean, but I'm not sure how "important" photo sharing really is. I think we're kidding ourselves when we think we're going to "make the world a better place" in this industry. Other industries do much more to "make the world a better place" than ours does but they don't talk about it near as much as we do.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by tensafefrogs »

lanstein wrote: post #18
ruslan wrote: post #15

Omg, yet another YC startup has been killed^H^H^H^H^Hacquired ? Oh well, hope the team has been offered something little bit more material, beside "the resources and freedom to build cool stuff". :-)

If you're going to go to the trouble of doing the witty ^H thing, you should at least delete the correct number of characters.

You haven't heard of the new startup fad of being "Kacquired" ?

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by lanstein »

tensafefrogs wrote: post #32
lanstein wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're going to go to the trouble of doing the witty ^H thing, you should at least delete the correct number of characters.

You haven't heard of the new startup fad of being "Kacquired" ?

I was tempted to make this crack as well :)

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by necubi »

Sam_Odio wrote: post #17

Hi everyone, Thank you for all the congratulations. We're thrilled to be joining the Facebook team. Frankly it's still taking time for everything to sit in. I'll admit that it's bittersweet. When you spend 18 months obsessing over your company it's hard to see it go. It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook...and that's what we've been in this for all along. Since th…

The biggest issue with facebook photos is the resolution. Most people have 7MP+ cameras now, but facebook resizes them to ~600x450. While I can understand facebook being reluctant to store large pictures, it has become the primary way for many people to share their photos, and it's a shame that so much gets thrown away.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

dualogy wrote: post #29
fauigerzigerk wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I believe that. I would have done it as well. That said, there's something wrong with a startup system that's little more than an elaborate job application process. No problem for that kind of consumer space site but at the end of the day the message is clear: Never trust a startup with something important.

"Never trust a startup with something important." Well, startups aren't the only types of companies that get bought. Acquisitions are part of the markets and across all types of companies, big or small, young or old. The only difference is that the tech startup scene is so very loud and vocal about all this. In other markets, it's maybe a side notice in a rarely-read corporate newsletter. Nobody cares except for the…

Many companies get bought for their products or assets. Some get bought for their customers. Only very few get bought exclusively to hire people. I do follow other industries as well and this is definately unusual.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by kevintwohy »

Sam_Odio wrote: post #17

Hi everyone, Thank you for all the congratulations. We're thrilled to be joining the Facebook team. Frankly it's still taking time for everything to sit in. I'll admit that it's bittersweet. When you spend 18 months obsessing over your company it's hard to see it go. It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook...and that's what we've been in this for all along. Since th…

Congrats again, Sam!

One thing that I'd love to see your guys' hands on is the notion of 'ownership' of FB photos -- this is something that was definitely in the DNA of Divvyshot, and it would be really interesting to see FB explore some models of shared/group ownership of content.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by megamark16 »

dpritchett wrote: post #4

Related Valley drama: "I was the one who came forward about the Macbook Air" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1160643 Starring Divvyshot founder Sam Odio, Former TechCrunch Intern Daniel Brusilovsky, and Jason Calacanis. Looks like Sam made out OK.

Wow, somehow I missed all that drama when it happened (other than hearing about the macbook bribe). Thanks for the links.
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