jcd writes:
"I'm rather excited to get going with Soylent and to watch it grow. Nay, help it grow. I have lurked in /. for more than a decade (note: I'm not the same username over there, I know, how sneaky), and always wished I could have been involved with the beginning. So this is a great opportunity, and I joined as soon as I saw what Soylent was doing. Not to mention the fact that I felt right at home with the old style. It's very comfortable.
So here's a question for everyone. Are we going to be the same as slashdot? A clone that focuses as entirely as possible on tech related news? Or will we branch out to other topics? I'm interested to see either way. I posted a comment to this effect in one of our two existing polls, and it may be a community-wide assumption, but I do think it merits a discussion."
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:33PM
My wife uses said generic texting app for keeping in contact with friends and family members in other countries. There's a huge international market that FB just bought and will bring into their concentrated feed lot. I wonder what the general masses will think of their new corporate overlords.
(Score: 1) by mojo chan on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:23PM
I don't disagree that it is a useful app. I use QQ to chat with my GF overseas. I'm just surprised Facebook think it is worth $16bn, especially when half the user base will just move on to the next thing in six to twelve months.
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(Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday February 20 2014, @08:28PM
Perhaps Facebook does value it for what it is worth, and knows how much their stock is really worth too.