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_refugee_  ·  3733 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Snapchat CEO Reveals Why He Rejected Facebook's $3 Billion Offer

I mean, like, are we trying to say Amazon is going to crush Snapchat now? You commented in the other thread that Amazon is unusual as a company. I'm inclined to think Facebook isn't, or at least not in the way that Amazon is; that Facebook's not as good at revolutionizing the way they do things and also probably aren't willing to take the insane losses that Amazon does in the face of long-term goals.

On a side note, I totally name-dropped kb00 on Snapchat last night. Turns out, the person I was snapping knows him in person. If only I lived closer to the west coast. I'd go over for dinner.





insomniasexx  ·  3732 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think Amazon is going to crush Snapchat - I doubt they have interest in them as a company. Rather, I was just pointing out that crazy style takeovers and playing hardball aren't unusual in this industry lately. Apple took part in similar practices as well.

In this article (and others) Snapchat founders say they were turned off my Facebook playing hardball. My response to that is, "that isn't abnormal. Get used to it if you want to play in this field."

I agree with you that Facebook doesn't have the same level of revolutionary thinking or long term thinking or a multitude of personality traits that Bezos/Amazon have so perhaps the comparison was less appropriate that I thought at the time. But just because you don't have that level of power or skill or whatever it is, doesn't mean you won't try. Obviously Facebook did attempt to act like this - even if they failed.

Alsoooooo - come to LA. You can sleep at my place and we can go to the beach and stalk...I mean meet up with KB.

_refugee_  ·  3732 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wonder if there is any social network out there with that kind of thinking or strategy.

Frankly, I would love love love to.