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Re:The Summly deal makes no sense by mattmanser on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @08:56AM (#5442879)
Sometimes you just want to make sense of something that seems flabbergastingly stupid. Hell, it's Yahoo's money to burn, but it's not jealousy, it's confusion.

It would be interesting to read any sort of explanation, not that we'll get one.

But this acquisition is eerily reminiscent of about.me's and is getting a similar level of scorn from us.

Big, dead, web 1.0 company purchases virtually worthless startup for no apparent reason. Site is like almost any HN weekend project that pops up here on Mondays. Confused!

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Re:The Summly deal makes no sense by freyr on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @11:14AM (#5443814)
"Big, dead, web 1.0 company"

You do realize, Yahoo remains one of the most-visited sites on the Internet? It drives an enormous amount of traffic.

By our standards, Yahoo may not be an exciting or innovative company. But it's in no way dead.

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Re:The Summly deal makes no sense by nefasti on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @09:03AM (#5442923)
Heck, I read HN and had no idea about Summly, went trough my radar.
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