I never particularly liked the fact that Yahoo acquired Flickr, but to be fair, it didn't try to yahoo-ize anything but the login process
@exiledsurfer I see where you're coming from. Walked a similar path from a user PoV, feel the same. Thus the accountability fervor :)
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@asteris oh, it's clear that you and i share much similar experience and viewpoints on all of this stuff. I'm a brutal user pov betatester -
@exiledsurfer the IT crowd still needs brutal, gonzo,honest product testing. Too much circlejerking in the Valley :p -
@asteris hah, tell me about it. but people like me get shut out. The best IT title i ever had at a startup was "chainsaw" - on my bizcard. -
@exiledsurfer they shut out Winer too, but people listen to him because he makes sense, he codes epic stuff, and he cuts thru the BS -
@asteris totally. i totally listen to dave. but i love taking pot shots at him as well. Feel sorry for him for all the times he's been right -
@exiledsurfer hah, he rocks, but we should be taking occasional potshots at him, to keep him from becoming too big for his breeches :p -
@asteris i love his gruff angry responses. only way to know that he is listening. heh. He's epic either way you look at it.
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@asteris & so tired of pointing out stuff at beta stage that bites the user at acquisition stage- one of the reasons i became 'just a user' -
@exiledsurfer least now they're compelled to listen to users. Back in egroups' days, there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell for us abroad -
@asteris yes, things have reached critical mass with realtime customer response through competitor mediums. -
@exiledsurfer I believe that was fermented on open source forums, but it was also intentional on our part. Only way to "keep them honest" -
@asteris agreed.
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