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IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by philip1209 »

magicalhippo wrote: post #11
Sayrus wrote: post #5

They recently acquired Meetup as well [1]. This doesn't bode well for its future. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38953242

Speaking of, is there a good replacement for Meetup if you just want to organize some informal activities, like a user group or going biking?

I'm building an async community software called Booklet [1], and I use it to organize a couple NY-based IRL communities - including an indie founders group and a tech dinners series. It doesn't send calendar invites (yet!), but I find that the async format keeps members engaged over time. Plus, it's independent of social networks and communicates via email.

When I lived in SF, I used Meetup to start + run OpenLate, a tech meetup with a few thousand members. Not having access to member email addresses was the worst part of Meetup, and it's probably the main reason the site still has users. (Data portability is a big focus of Booklet).

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37585869

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by lnxg33k1 »

m0llusk wrote: post #90
lnxg33k1 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guess in the specific case “Fucking People” would have worked too

Except such a name would be considered inappropriate in a wide range of situations. Also worth pointing out a large number of people enjoy being on the receiving end of penetrative sex.

Guess now they know at which company to apply to in order to be a great cultural fit then

But yeah I was using the word fucking as a metaphor, like in common english it's not only used to describe physical penetrative act but it's common to use it to describe unpleasant situations, so no need to come to teach anything, so worth pointing out if your braincells are playing peekaboo instead of talking to each other

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by mariusmg »

cs702 wrote: post #85

Investors in Bending Spoons include musician The Weekend, tennis player Andre Agassi, movie star Bradley Cooper, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and director/actor Taika Waititi, among many other famous people: https://bendingspoons.com/people (scroll to the bottom to see all names). I wonder if any of these illustrious backers are aware of the true business model of Bending Spoons, which can only be described as sca…

Wow, even that /people page screams "douchebags".....

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

mariusmg wrote: post #93
cs702 wrote: post #85

Investors in Bending Spoons include musician The Weekend, tennis player Andre Agassi, movie star Bradley Cooper, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and director/actor Taika Waititi, among many other famous people: https://bendingspoons.com/people (scroll to the bottom to see all names). I wonder if any of these illustrious backers are aware of the true business model of Bending Spoons, which can only be described as sca…

Wow, even that /people page screams "douchebags".....

Yes, also I'm not sure I see hiring decisions made by committee as a plus!

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by CodesInChaos »

kramerger wrote: post #42

I feel if an app changes ownership, all users should automatically be notified by the app store.

> an app changes ownership

Unfortunately defining what that means becomes rather tricky once you consider that the company owning the app can change ownership. That ownership can be shared and go through arbitrarily many indirections, and if it's a publicly traded company, some of its shares change ownership all the time.

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by John23832 »

monooso wrote: post #33
John23832 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So YOU use it. Not saying it’s not a good app, but your selling your book.

> Not saying it’s not a good app, but your selling your book. I'm not sure what your point is. Someone requested an alternative, an alternative was proffered and the personal interest disclosed.

> I'm not sure what your point is. Someone requested an alternative, an alternative was proffered and the personal interest disclosed.

It's great that people can post alternatives, but personal interests aren't what I took umbrage with.

>> In the Netherlands we use Erbij, (https://erbij.app), which is now going international.

This implies that there is nationwide traction for the app which there isn't. It has 300 reviews on the app store. That's called astroturfing (or, lying).

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by grok29 »

jkubicek wrote: post #80
detourdog wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can choose what they thought they were referencing. They don't get the opportunity to tell others what to infer.

True, but considering the popularity and age of The Matrix, I'm guessing most people assume the hot tech company is referencing techno futurist movie from the 90s and not a charlatan from the 70s.

What do you think the matrix was referencing?

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by bdr »

magicalhippo wrote: post #11
Sayrus wrote: post #5

They recently acquired Meetup as well [1]. This doesn't bode well for its future. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38953242

Speaking of, is there a good replacement for Meetup if you just want to organize some informal activities, like a user group or going biking?

There are plenty of tools for organizing activities. Meetup’s real value, which no one has replaced yet for various reasons, is in getting new people to join.

Re: IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired

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Post by bmitc »

CodesInChaos wrote: post #95
kramerger wrote: post #42

I feel if an app changes ownership, all users should automatically be notified by the app store.

> an app changes ownership Unfortunately defining what that means becomes rather tricky once you consider that the company owning the app can change ownership. That ownership can be shared and go through arbitrarily many indirections, and if it's a publicly traded company, some of its shares change ownership all the time.

It's not tricky. Someone owns it.
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