scottrafer

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by scottrafer 13y ago
This is just silly. Even Facebook discourages buying likes at this point and says they have no value. Of course, you aren't seeing performance.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Thank you. The private messaging stuff is inside the app/ on Facebook, but feel free to use rafer at [companyname] dotcom. The developer site will go up when the iphone5 rush is over, just so we don't screw up on support. I can send API doc
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Thank you! It's been a long road even to here, and we'll keep pushing.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Hi Nate, we need to work up to real personalization. Per greg's comment below (hi greg!), people's feelings on this stuff varies widely and doesn't correlate well with transit agency performance data.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
We currently work with Nokia on street imagery. We also have a bunch of (we hope) interesting facebook integration including photos that will start to build our own library over time. On geo coverage ( http://coverage.lumatic.com ), we're n
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by scottrafer 14y ago
We are US only at the moment. http://blog.lumatic.com/post/31800648260/preparing-for-wedne... We're legally HQ'd in Singapore and funded by Joi Ito, so SG and TYO are near-term as should be london, sydney, toronto, and vancouver. I hope t
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Doing our best. Please push us.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Hi Mike, yup. Our Android app is behind for now. We busted our butts to make the iOS 6 launch and that's what dropped. We are hiring a dedicated android dev, hopefully for our Singapore office if you know someone who wants it.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Treat the 'explicit assurances' like politicians' campaign promises. If they lose, the promises are irrelevant. If they win, those promises had better align with the new incumbent's larger aims or they were just marketing. The risk is not v
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Facebook has muscled in on literally everything but games, other than their ex poste facto 30% revenue share, and during their earnings report they intimated that they may get into games directly. And, I'm shocked at your statement about
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by scottrafer 14y ago
I fully understand breaking the rice pots and burning the boats, and I hope that you are right. However, his implementation doesn't create the developer education that you suggest. As they well should, young founders look up to guys like Da
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by scottrafer 14y ago
IMO $1B for that kind of risk-free traction isn't significantly expensive to FB. Especially as FB desperately needed a volume of photos available outside the social graph in order to stay competitive.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
I don't see it as crystal ball reading. The question that needs to be asked is, "If my new new thing takes off, what prevents the platform from cloning me, turning me off, and/or buying me cheap?" In Zynga's case for instance, FB was pretty
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by scottrafer 14y ago
It was lazy of me to inherit Dalton's term 'bully.' It should have been his expectation to only be compensated for EVA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_value_added ) and not count on Facebook's stewardship of its developers. And, whe
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by scottrafer 14y ago
+1 That's why Case A doesn't work for me.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Like any other resource or dependency that you build into your business, using a platform requires an ROI calculation of some sort. The distribution advantage needs to be worth the risk.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
I don't claim to understand @pmarca at all. I've never even shaken the man's hand. I've got some great supporters and advisors who help me tremendously. It just pains me to watch someone great like that drift further from a startup.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
I suspect that the Facebook App Center is different than the iTunes App Store in an analogous way and will do nicely competing against it once Facebook chooses to do so.
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by scottrafer 14y ago
I'm applying it differently, and to the business before his pivot. I'm talking about his conversation with Facebook and his accusation that Facebook was underhanded. He didn't do a proper job of disrupting FB's economics, distribution, or o
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by scottrafer 14y ago
Exactly. Normal cannibalization. New businesses are built all the time by giving away what the incumbent charges for. Skype's an easy one. They don't charge all for normal calls, only for certain premiums. Innovator's Dilemma, etc., etc. If
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by scottrafer 16y ago
Let me know if i can useful.
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by scottrafer 16y ago
I've looked at how OPEN's vulnerable a couple of times. What's not covered yet in these comments are the host's notes on each diner. When I make a reso, if the restaurant has made a note about me (tips great, gets pissy about being near the
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by scottrafer 16y ago
Ad Hoc is a real destination. Most places aren't owned by Keller. OPEN controls the segment a level or two down from that. It's a reasonably popular discovery mechanism for the $25 entree world. http://www.quantcast.com/opentable.com Lots
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by scottrafer 16y ago
Yes, it's legal.