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Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by aphextron on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:33PM (#14548380)
>* Polyvore - $230m A fashion search engine run by people she used to mentor at Google

Your anti-female bias is showing here. Polyvore has been profitable for years. I have a friend who works there and loves it.

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by cocktailpeanuts on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:50PM (#14549980)
This comment only shows that those who talk most online about how people are mistreated based on gender are the ones who are the most sexist.

Step back for a minute and think about how this relates to sexism at all. It is you who associated these two concepts together. You are the one who's being sexist. Once you take off your sexist glasses and see things clearly, you'll realize you are making as huge logical fallacy as the one you're criticizing.

Sexism needs to stop but comments like this are what makes it hard.

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by jonknee on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:54PM (#14548558)
I don't know what gender made the most money on Polyvore, it doesn't matter. The point was she enriched her friends. The price made waves at the time:

https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/31/why-polyvores-jess-lee-sol...

> "Yahoo bought Polyvore in what we’ve heard could be anywhere from a $25 million* to $60 million"

Quickly followed up by an update revealing it was actually ~10x more!

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by weirdstuff on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:44PM (#14548466)
I think the OP is just skeptical. Where is the anti-female bias?
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by aphextron on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:52PM (#14548540)
>Where is the anti-female bias?

In specifically marginalizing a profitable business acquisition just because he'd assumed it was frivolous by its' nature.

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by jonknee on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:55PM (#14548567)
How is that in any way related to gender? I also "marginalized" Tumblr and Summly, was that me throwing shade towards men?
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by pessimizer on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:44PM (#14549644)
They didn't make money.
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by jonknee on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:06PM (#14549768)
Yahoo doesn't break out the numbers so we don't know how much revenue any of the companies they acquired are bringing in (profit would be even more difficult because of shared resources). Regardless, none of this has anything to do with gender. I chose a large, medium and small example from a list of Yahoo's acquisitions.
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by thesagan on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:58PM (#14549729)
He asked how is that related to gender?
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by weirdstuff on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:30PM (#14549225)
So, if someone posits that a business venture is frivolous, actual profitability aside, that is anti-female (or anti-male) statement/view?

I still don't understand. Can you please elaborate?

Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by pessimizer on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:44PM (#14549643)
If someone posits that a profitable business venture is frivolous, it's not about whether it's good business or not. Also, you do understand.
Re:Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer ... by weirdstuff on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:49PM (#14549679)
Back to the point: what does any of that have to do with sex or gender? Maybe you will elaborate, if OP won't.