Save $9, Here Are The TechCrunch Staff’s Email Addresses

Re:Save $9, Here Are The TechCrunch Staff’s Email Addresses by kyro on Monday July 14, 2014 @05:07PM (#8033247)

Is descending further down towards the bottom of the barrel to leech on more publicly available, easily harvested and/or less scarce items to sell at a markup a rising startup trend? It seems building novel value into a product is becoming less important to a segment of the startup industry. We now have selling of public parking spots, dinner reservations, and now email addresses. And while this model isn't new, there appears to be a popular reemergence of it.

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Re:Save $9, Here Are The TechCrunch Staff’s Email Addresses by thenmar on Monday July 14, 2014 @05:35PM (#8033404)

I think it's that we just enjoy the spectacle of companies that seem like terrible ideas or based around an ethically questionable action. Nobody gets excited about "tech startup grows revenue to $100k on niche, hard to understand product and delays investor round to avoid dilution"

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Re:Save $9, Here Are The TechCrunch Staff’s Email Addresses by larrys on Monday July 14, 2014 @05:24PM (#8033348)

"easily harvested"

I get your point regarding some of the things you mention but having to pay $9 to save time guessing or tracking down email addresses doesn't seem like a bad deal.

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