DISQUS

Blake · 2 years ago

Perhaps it's a stretch, but it's interesting to see Max Levchin repeat history in which his firm (Slide/Paypal) is both an asset and a potential thorn in the side to it's virtual host (MySpace/eBay). Try as they might, eBay could not snuff PayPal even with their own acquired alternative and ultimately had to shell out the big bucks. Difference this time is that I don't one can argue that Slide carries anywhere near the strategic imposition to MySpace that PayPal did to eBay. So I can't imagine we'd see the same game of 'acquisition chicken' between MySpace and Slide.
Lance · 2 years ago

For RockYou, onsite traffic represents only a subset of all widgets created. RockYou offers API's to partners sites for creating widgets through an iframe. Partners can offer their users an in-page creation experience. See Tagged or Flixster for examples.
lemon obrien · 2 years ago

strategically speaking, investing in a widget based service, is like investing in a pilot fish; at best it gets to eat the scraps of the shark; at worst, the shark get hungry.
Jay (living in First Life) · 2 years ago

Slide and RockYou are totally worthless companies. Myspace should pull the plug on them fast. Entrepreneurs are supposed to solve real problems - not create a widget that hopes to one day monetize by stealing someone else's traffic.
fox · 2 years ago

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