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Yahoo acquires GoPollGo
- oinksoft 13y agoThe announcement is posted at http://gopollgo.com/ http://gopollgo.com/ Congratulations on the acquisition, OP.
- kylec 13y agoTitle correction: Yahoo acqui-hires GoPollGo. Like Summly, the service itself will disappear completely.
- andreer 13y agoWell, in a way. Yahoo products with Summly integration are in the app store right now.
- nostromo 13y agoJust recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. (http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html) > The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more. This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
- orangethirty 13y agoBut what happens to these hackers when they arrive to a company that has Yahoo's culture? That's their problem. Their culture is the same one as any shitty American company.
- nostromo 13y agoThe essay addressed this: > Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley, surrounded by lead shielding to protect them from any contact with Redmond. Assuming Yahoo should do the same. :)
- orangethirty 13y agoDoes Yahoo! have a track record of doing this?
- shawndumas 13y agothe mobile team is on one floor in one building at the sunnyvale campus
- brador 13y agoShe's trying to make a new culture by buying up A players as aqui-hires. Question is, will it work long term or is it a shortsighted gimmicky strategy?
- sampsonjs 13y ago"They[Microsoft] can't hire smart people anymore" is easily the most fatuous thing he's written.
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- cfinke 13y agoThe announcement at http://gopollgo.com/ http://gopollgo.com/ hits all the acquisition bingo spots: * "We are excited" * "It has been so rewarding * "We're so excited" * "we couldn’t be happier" * "thanks to all our users," * "As of today, we'll no longer be supporting [GoPollGo]"
- LeBen 13y agoHaha -- to be honest, they edit a lot of what we wrote on there. Disclosure: I'm the founder of GoPollGo
- coolsunglasses 13y agoThe founder of GoPollGo actually responded to this comment but nobody can see him because he's hellbanned. ...due to spamming GoPollGo polls on HN. Virtually no other contributions otherwise. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=LeBen https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=LeBen Too funny.
- dglassan 13y agoThat's not Ben's username...you're completely wrong here.
- BenSchaechter 13y agoHey, I'm the real Ben. You can check my history, etc. I did post a fair amount of GPG posts to HN, though =)
- coolsunglasses 13y agoAm I now? In response to you: >BenSchaechter 1 hour ago | link [dead] >Hey, I'm the real Ben. You can check my history, etc. I did post a fair amount of GPG posts to HN, though =) Submissions from him: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=BenSchaechter https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=BenSchaechter [dead] Poll: Do you think there is a technology bubble? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 359 days ago | flag | discuss 2. [dead] Scoble Asks: What will Facebook's stock price do after it goes public? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 362 days ago | flag | discuss 3. [dead] Poll: Are you planning on buying Facebook stock? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 366 days ago | flag | discuss 4. [dead] Facebook “Likes” Just Got “Cray Cray” (techcrunch.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 370 days ago | flag | discuss 5. [dead] CrayBook (github.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 370 days ago | flag | discuss 6. [dead] Poll: How Do You Deal with Vendor Prefixes? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 437 days ago | flag | discuss 7. [dead] Poll: LESS or SASS? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 489 days ago | flag | discuss Submissions also from him on an alt account: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=LeBen https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=LeBen [dead] Show HN: We just launched the GoPollGo iPhone app. What do you think? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 126 days ago | flag | discuss 2. [dead] Poll: What method did you use to vote, or how do you plan to vote? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 184 days ago | flag | discuss 3. [dead] [Poll HN] Who do you think won the VP Debate? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 209 days ago | flag | discuss 4. [dead] Real-Time Poll: Who's winning the debates? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 218 days ago | flag | discuss 5. [dead] TechCrunch Poll: Which is your favorite S12 Demo Day Company? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 261 days ago | flag | discuss 6. [dead] TechCrunch Poll: Would you ride in one of Google's self-driving cars? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 275 days ago | flag | discuss 7. [dead] [Poll HN] Who is at fault: Craigslist or Padmapper? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 289 days ago | flag | discuss 8. [dead] TechCrunch Poll: Do you think Marissa Mayer will be able to turn Yahoo around? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 297 days ago | flag | discuss . Notice all that [dead]? That means he was hellbanned on his main and his spam account. Deservedly.
- hayksaakian 13y agoHow to hire smart people for your multinational corporation and get free PR in the process: - comb through startups with talented founders - "acquire" their "company" - Make techcrunch headlines - 2 to 4 year committed employees, team oftentimes included - ??? - Profit
- wahsd 13y agoThe acquired companies rarely survive and the technology or systems they developed are usually gutted and stripped and the founders generally flee for the exits as soon as they can.
- rjjacobson 13y agoYahoo is really upping the mobile aqui-hires. I wonder if people are excited to actually go work at Yahoo or if they're just happy to be acquired.
- pvnick 13y agoI would be excited to go work for yahoo at this moment in their history. They're making some relatively big moves to get their game back.
- 127001brewer 13y agoIt seems like Yahoo is following through their "focus on mobile"[1]. However, what other (recent) big moves have they made? (As an aside, their weather app for the iPhone is very well done.) [1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/yahoo-mobile-earnings/ http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/yahoo-mobile-earnings/
- caryme 13y agoCongratulations, Sam!