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Re:Formspring - A Postmortem by AznHisoka on Thursday March 28, 2013 @02:42PM (#5456813)
"Our initial graphs at Formspring, as you probably know, all hockeysticked up and to the right. Nearly straight up. Oh wait, the graph has peaked and is starting to slowly (very slowly) trend downward. What do we do? Make big bets, right? Try to recapture that crazy growth!"

Make big bets?... And then what? You had a ridiculous # of users in the initial stages, and couldn't make a profit from that. What made you think just getting more growth would solve all your revenue problem? ..Wait.. you were waiting for a white knight in shining armor (ala Google/Twitter/etc) to acquire you. Ah, I get it now.

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Re:Formspring - A Postmortem by encoderer on Thursday March 28, 2013 @03:10PM (#5456996)
Bzzzzt, try again!

There were not even any real attempts at monetizing early on. No ad units. No sponsorships. It was about preserving the user experience.

And are you really criticizing them for seeking continued growth? What is that?

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Re:Formspring - A Postmortem by AznHisoka on Thursday March 28, 2013 @03:50PM (#5457207)
That's even worse. What the heck were they waiting for? 10-20 million users not enough? we need a billion!
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