Re:Twitter and Yes, Inc
by tptacek on Thursday December 01, 2016 @06:58PM
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This whole thread is so bad I flagged the story as a form of psychic self-defense.
Like, apparently, the rest of you, I have no idea what "Yes" does, or why I should care. I don't know why 'coloneltcb submitted the story --- they don't work at Yes.
What I do know is that if you run a company --- really any company --- and it winds down, it is a normal thing to write a post like this. In this case, the company apparently has many dozens of users, so it makes even more sense to do it. †
Meanwhile, another perfectly normal thing to do in 2016 is to "acquire" a company as a means of importing a gelled dev team all at once. If the acquired company has no other real prospects, this isn't a bad thing; it's a soft landing. The availability of soft landings makes it easier for all of us to start companies. Since most companies fail anyways, it's hard to see how they hurt users.
Almost every comment on this thread seems to be taking Yes to task for putting a brave face on an acquihire. "Spot the duress acquihire" is one of our less appealing sports here on HN. I wish we'd do some more self examination about where the impulse to play that game comes from.
† We just went through this ourselves, and the anticipation of a thread like this is a big part of why I haven't gotten around to writing it yet.
Like, apparently, the rest of you, I have no idea what "Yes" does, or why I should care. I don't know why 'coloneltcb submitted the story --- they don't work at Yes.
What I do know is that if you run a company --- really any company --- and it winds down, it is a normal thing to write a post like this. In this case, the company apparently has many dozens of users, so it makes even more sense to do it. †
Meanwhile, another perfectly normal thing to do in 2016 is to "acquire" a company as a means of importing a gelled dev team all at once. If the acquired company has no other real prospects, this isn't a bad thing; it's a soft landing. The availability of soft landings makes it easier for all of us to start companies. Since most companies fail anyways, it's hard to see how they hurt users.
Almost every comment on this thread seems to be taking Yes to task for putting a brave face on an acquihire. "Spot the duress acquihire" is one of our less appealing sports here on HN. I wish we'd do some more self examination about where the impulse to play that game comes from.
† We just went through this ourselves, and the anticipation of a thread like this is a big part of why I haven't gotten around to writing it yet.