Re:Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon
by benologist on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:03PM
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The news gets funnier - Hipster hasn't even launched yet. And they're just another Q&A site.
Tomorrow's news: Quora rejected $11 trillion offer from Groupon!
Re:Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon
by blhack on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:08PM
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>Hipster hasn't even launched yet.
This is the scariest part to me. I was kindof under the impression that, at least right now, you're not really buying tech, you're buying users.
"Hipster" has none.
Re:Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon
by rwhitman on Thursday February 03, 2011 @12:21AM
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Buying users used to be a reason to acquire a product, but not anymore. Users are cheap. And Groupon already has one of the best email distribution channels out there
Its about the product and the team. Hipster is Quora meets Yelp, and the tech was in fact live for a while, just only in Boulder, CO. If Groupon wants to build a team & product to attack social local recommendations, its actually a smart move
Re:Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon
by Charuru on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:47PM
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This is incorrect lol. Hipster has launched in some locales, just not everywhere.
Re:Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon
by olivercameron on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:00PM
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#1 Groupon is valued at $15 Billion? Have people lost their minds?
#2 They're offering to buy hipster, a company that I've never used, and have only barely heard of. Hipster.com appears to be an ISP in Nevada, and googling hipster turns up things related to hipster culture.
Am I missing something?