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Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by boris »

pg wrote: post #62
hyperbovine wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not to crap on anyone's parade, but Sam Odio's comment above, "It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook," rings extremely hollow to me. I can think of about 1000 better ways to touch peoples' lives, if that is really your aim, and none of them involve web apps or startups. Again, I am absolutely not trying to detract…

He was not bullshitting. It's scary how much power Facebook is starting to have in recruiting and acquisitions because of their large and highly engaged user base. Hackers want an audience. They have a very concentrated form of koolaid over there. I've been surprised by the effect it's had on some of the most skeptical people I know.

I wouldn't call someone who is working on the "poke a friend" or "throw a sheep" features a "hacker". While the audience is large, facebook isn't changing their lives for the better. The user base may think so, though, just like with the TV.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by Sam_Odio »

Balsamic wrote: post #85
axod wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who made the first move?

Contrary to the sentiment of the other replies, I feel this is an interesting question. For those nearing the parapet of potential acquisition it would be interesting to know how affirmative one's actions should be.

Facebook, via email.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by jacoblyles »

cmelbye wrote: post #16

Why the heck did they do that? I mean, congratulations to them, but they just released an amazing rewrite of their product that kicked Facebook Photo's ass. I wonder why they didn't go through with it. Sad...

Early acquisition seems like a natural extension of the "minimum viable product" strategy.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by tlrobinson »

hyperbovine wrote: post #45
jfornear wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not to crap on anyone's parade, but Sam Odio's comment above, "It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook," rings extremely hollow to me. I can think of about 1000 better ways to touch peoples' lives, if that is really your aim, and none of them involve web apps or startups. Again, I am absolutely not trying to detract…

Why can't we have both? Especially in an industry where we actually create products, and thus wealth, rather than extracting or shuffling it around.

Sure, there are many other possibly "better" ways to touch peoples' lives, but I'd much rather do something I love doing that also helps people than hate what I do. We can't be completely selfless.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by TorKlingberg »

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…

One-way tagging.

People occasionally upload party pictures and tag you in them. It is good that people watching the photos can see who are in them, and go to their profiles. The problem is that it also shows up under "Photos of X" where potential employers and girlfriends parents can see them. So you you have to go and untag yourself from any photos where you look stupid.

Let me remove pictures from "Photos of X" while still staying tagged in them.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

hyperbovine wrote: post #45
jfornear wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not to crap on anyone's parade, but Sam Odio's comment above, "It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook," rings extremely hollow to me. I can think of about 1000 better ways to touch peoples' lives, if that is really your aim, and none of them involve web apps or startups. Again, I am absolutely not trying to detract…

I agree that we should admit we are capitalists. But I'm a little concerned that this kind of parachuting off the fighter jet exit for web startups makes it more difficult for other capitalists like myself to convince business users to get on board.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

zackattack wrote: post #53
hyperbovine wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not to crap on anyone's parade, but Sam Odio's comment above, "It ultimately came down to the decision that we could touch more people's lives at Facebook," rings extremely hollow to me. I can think of about 1000 better ways to touch peoples' lives, if that is really your aim, and none of them involve web apps or startups. Again, I am absolutely not trying to detract…

I don't think you truly understand just how much of an effect Facebook has on people's lives.

I'm afraid it is Facebook users who don't really grasp that yet, but that's a different story altogether.

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by jey »

khelloworld wrote: post #74
axod wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who made the first move?

I'm curious as to how that would matter too much.

It matters for the s ake of increasing the information available about the market for startups. Granted, startups span a huge space, but there's a real dearth of pricing information overall.

http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~allenf/download/Vita/roleo...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=efficient%20market

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=role%20of%20informa...

Re: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)

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Post by paraschopra »

Sam_Odio wrote: post #92
Balsamic wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Contrary to the sentiment of the other replies, I feel this is an interesting question. For those nearing the parapet of potential acquisition it would be interesting to know how affirmative one's actions should be.

Facebook, via email.

How many days did it take from initial email to final acquisition?
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