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Re:Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' by CJefferson on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @05:57AM (#7216947)
Many people think they want fame, until they get it. I'm sure continual death threats and every gaming web site falling iver itself to decree your game one of worst ever would lead to me just shutting up shop.
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Re:Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:01AM (#7216965)
idk, I think I'd laugh all the way to the bank.
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Re:Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' by blueskin_ on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:08AM (#7216998)
Yep. At 50k/day, it's enough to ignore most people and shut up the worst easily (I'd love to see someone sue Gawker, for example).
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Re:Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' by midas007 on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @06:58AM (#7217157)
Except this move has the opposite effect on most people. The best move would have been to do absolutely nothing (except monetize).
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