* "We are excited"
* "It has been so rewarding
* "We're so excited"
* "we couldn’t be happier"
* "thanks to all our users,"
* "As of today, we'll no longer be supporting [GoPollGo]"
...due to spamming GoPollGo polls on HN. Virtually no other contributions otherwise.
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=LeBen
Too funny.
In response to you:
>BenSchaechter 1 hour ago | link [dead]
>Hey, I'm the real Ben. You can check my history, etc. I did post a fair amount of GPG posts to HN, though =)
Submissions from him:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=BenSchaechter
[dead] Poll: Do you think there is a technology bubble? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 359 days ago | flag | discuss 2.
[dead] Scoble Asks: What will Facebook's stock price do after it goes public? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 362 days ago | flag | discuss 3.
[dead] Poll: Are you planning on buying Facebook stock? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 366 days ago | flag | discuss 4.
[dead] Facebook “Likes” Just Got “Cray Cray” (techcrunch.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 370 days ago | flag | discuss 5.
[dead] CrayBook (github.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 370 days ago | flag | discuss 6.
[dead] Poll: How Do You Deal with Vendor Prefixes? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 437 days ago | flag | discuss 7.
[dead] Poll: LESS or SASS? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by BenSchaechter 489 days ago | flag | discuss
Submissions also from him on an alt account:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=LeBen
[dead] Show HN: We just launched the GoPollGo iPhone app. What do you think? (gopollgo.com)[dead] Poll: What method did you use to vote, or how do you plan to vote? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 184 days ago | flag | discuss 3.
[dead] [Poll HN] Who do you think won the VP Debate? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 209 days ago | flag | discuss 4.
[dead] Real-Time Poll: Who's winning the debates? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 218 days ago | flag | discuss 5.
[dead] TechCrunch Poll: Which is your favorite S12 Demo Day Company? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 261 days ago | flag | discuss 6.
[dead] TechCrunch Poll: Would you ride in one of Google's self-driving cars? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 275 days ago | flag | discuss 7.
[dead] [Poll HN] Who is at fault: Craigslist or Padmapper? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 289 days ago | flag | discuss 8.
[dead] TechCrunch Poll: Do you think Marissa Mayer will be able to turn Yahoo around? (gopollgo.com) 1 point by LeBen 297 days ago | flag | discuss
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Notice all that [dead]? That means he was hellbanned on his main and his spam account. Deservedly.
> The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more.
This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.
Question is, will it work long term or is it a shortsighted gimmicky strategy?
> Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley, surrounded by lead shielding to protect them from any contact with Redmond.
Assuming Yahoo should do the same. :)
(As an aside, their weather app for the iPhone is very well done.)
[1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/yahoo-mobile-earnings/
Congratulations on the acquisition, OP.