IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival

Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by alehul on Friday June 22, 2018 @02:45PM (#17376325)

While it requires having a service worth staying on once you're familiarized to be successful, paying users is a valid strategy when a network effect is important.

PayPal, as an example, is the result of a merger between Confinity (Thiel's) and X (Musk's) competing services. While I believe Confinity had started earlier, X caught up through literally giving people $20 towards eBay purchases if they sign up.

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Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by schoen on Friday June 22, 2018 @04:45PM (#17377191)

Hi zajd, I want to upvote your comment but I don't think I can do that while it calls HN downvoters "bootlickers". Would you consider removing that part?

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Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by int0x80 on Saturday June 23, 2018 @04:27AM (#17380193)

Do you think he's going to sell his ideas for an upvote?

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Re:IRC.com Bought by London Trust Media, Pledges an IRC Revival by schoen on Saturday June 23, 2018 @12:05PM (#17381862)

I thought the big "idea" part of the comment was that investors are distorting markets with huge subsidies. Another idea is that parts of the HN community itself have a disturbing relationship with this practice. But someone can still get those ideas across without calling downvoters "bootlickers"!

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