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Re:How Andreessen Horowitz Fumbled An Instagram Investment by masklinn on Friday April 20, 2012 @06:55PM (#3870163)
> It's a weird, twisted reality we live where 6 months is considered too long to reach 100,000 users.

I think it's not so much considered too long as considered too long when a direct competitor does it in a week.

If one platform is growing at an explosive rate and the other one is struggling to get users, there's not much you can say beyond "second platform is struggling (comparatively)"

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Re:How Andreessen Horowitz Fumbled An Instagram Investment by AznHisoka on Friday April 20, 2012 @07:11PM (#3870197)
that's true. It's not a bad thing to acquire that many users in a slower rate (just not too slow). You don't want everyone using your product in the beginning when it potentially has warts and all.
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