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Comment on What a crazy week! by Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:55:29 +0000

Was cool to meet you IRL too Elan!

Comment on Game over for Scrabulous? The ethics issue. by Mandy de Waal

Mandy de Waal — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:56:04 +0000

Interesting take but I can’t say that I agree. If start ups followed the rules Skype or Napster would never have been born. There is a desperate need for disruptive technologies that bend and at times break the rules to subvert old social orders and protectionist pockets of the economy.

And lets face it business doesn’t always play by the rules, now does it?

Comment on Game over for Scrabulous? The ethics issue. by Elan

Elan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:07:39 +0000

Good point Rob.

Comment on Game over for Scrabulous? The ethics issue. by Rob Stokes

Rob Stokes — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:03:10 +0000

Hi Elan

I agree with your sentiments, but its also worth looking at the mistake I think Hasbro has made here. 500 000 users now think they are a bunch of chops. 500 000 users don’t care about patents and trademarks, they care about Scrabulous and Hasbro has taken that away from them.
If I was Hasbro I would have first looked for a partnership or purchase of Scrabulous. Clearly the people behind Scrabulous are smart and quick moving. Hasbro could have brought those brains onto their side if they had been a little more cunning. Instead they are likely to put the brakes on the fantastic momentum which Scrabulous has built up. Thats bad business in the 21st century…
That said, with my bosses hat on I say three cheers for Hasbro for bringing back my office productivity!
Cheers
Rob

Comment on What a crazy week! by Elan

Elan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:22:23 +0000

@Tyler @Mike For sure - I would love to spend more quality time and share ideas.

Comment on What a crazy week! by Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:10:25 +0000

Was super to finally meet you too mate. I look forward to bumping into you next time I’m in CT!

Comment on What a crazy week! by Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:28:53 +0000

Hey Elan,

It was great to meet you. We’ll do coffee next time I’m Cape side.

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Comment on Twitter revenue model - not convincing by Elan

Elan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:18:27 +0000

You are correct Eve.

I am sure there are a million ways they could turn it into revenue without pissing users off.

Thanks for the link. I had not seen that and he makes some sense.

Elan.

Comment on Twitter revenue model - not convincing by Eve Dmochowska

Eve Dmochowska — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:30:30 +0000

That business model sucks.

To be fair, it was probably purposefully vague. It makes no sense to try and segregate users into personal/commercial. *ALL* Twitter users get some sort of value out of the service, or they wouldn’t be using it. Just becasue I sell my knowledge as opposed to selling widgets, does not mean that I am not “commercial”.

Actually, I don’t understand what the big hoopla is. I can come up with more than a couple of possible business models for Twitter, and that is before I’ve had my morning coffee I am sure if Twitter makes it a priority, they will come up with some of their own. Just charging $5 for a premium service that allows me to receive more than 250 sms, creates a better profile page and enables Twitter via IM would already be a good deal.

And then of course there is Calacanis’ post about how Twitter could be a billion dollar company: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/