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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by mattmanser on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:13PM (#22733127)
Don't forget the pointless reworks of the interface that happens every few years in most startups.

And then you look at places like gumtree or craigslist and for these network effect businesses you realize the UX ain't worth the expense.

I bet if twitter hadn't gone through their SPA/etc. iterations they'd probably still be as big today.

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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by Polylactic_acid on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:29PM (#22734118)
My thoughts is that to do exactly what meetup does they probably need the huge team they have, but they could deliver a perfectly adequate service for much less. We don't need all of the bells and whistles and new redesigns as long as the site works and has content.

Users are more likely to leave due to monetization efforts than a dated UI.

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Re:WeWork sells Meetup by mattmanser on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @01:41AM (#22735181)
The new rework was pretty awful too, made it much harder to find stuff.
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