strattitarius writes "Mark Zuckerberg met with top mobile and telco executives to address concerns that Internet providers are becoming "simple pipes" as apps like WhatsApp eat into high-margin over-the-top services such as text messaging and even voice communications. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard stated "The risk for us is being excluded from the world of services".
It would seem that the telcos are realizing that they have been behind the curve as Richard stated "A service like WhatsApp, to be honest, that's something we could've and should've come up with before". Ironically in doing so, they basically make the case that they had every chance and advantage to create these apps and monetize them just as WhatsApp and Skype have done."
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 28 2014, @04:53PM
Easy... stay away from sensationalist claptrap.
Want to bring out the loonies? Talk about politics (D vs R) is always a good long 400 user story. Talk about the weather (global warming) usually a good 400 user story. Talk about what some government worker did to over react to something sort of tech. Talk about how some sort of economic thing will change the world (that way we can get every armchair economics 150 class taker to bikeshed about).
Basically post stories that divide your audience into 2 groups that will fight. End with a leading question like 'your not stupid are you?'.
Make all your stories 'bikeshed' stories and you will soon have an audience as thoughtful and as 'good' as /. is now.
Post stories like what you see on hackaday. Mixed in with a small bit of how tech is changing the world. You will do fine. Post what I talked about above and we will end up with an 'ok' /. or reddit clone.