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Re:Ask HN: When has “build it and they will come” worked in ... by webmaven on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:42PM (#30884460)
> One notable exception that pivoted a lot is Twitter. It started as a podcast service iirc. Netflix is an interesting one too. They switched from DVDs to streaming which paid off for them.

Another notable pivot was Flickr, which started as a backend feature of an MMO called Game Neverending (which was never released IIRC).

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