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Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca... by benologist on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @04:54PM (#7098780)
Is that a strength? It didn't end up meaning much for Rose and Digg which was perhaps even bigger at its peak, or ThePirateBay who unsuccessfully tried to build a legitimate offshoot many times.
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Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca... by kevando on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:57AM (#7101024)
Not sure I follow. Kevin Rose seems pretty successful with Google Ventures and the piratebay is just a torrent site.
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Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca... by benologist on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:34PM (#7104073)
It seems like when you have a fairly quirky and empowered community (including thepiratebay, millions of users & larger ecosystem they spearhead) the users don't readily transfer over to anything at all.

Digg lead to Pownce which was poorly received and TPB made a whole network of sites nobody cares about. I think it's because the users lose their communal identity.

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