Re:With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Ca...
by kevando on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:57AM
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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
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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.