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In response to "I'll admit that I was a little frustrated that they were prepared to discard us all for THAT." by Jim

I can't really fault them for that decision, at least on the assumptions I have about how they made it.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Jan 9 '09, 20:39

I assume that the consultants they hired gave them really awful advice ("More orange! And make it a social network with incentives for posting nonsense!"). And they might have even backed it with suspect data.

I just had the impression that they weighed preserving the communities that had built up around the old HSX boards against some promise of a huge influx of new members attracted to the "new" HSX. And they made what they thought was an economically viable solution ... which blew up in their faces, wrecked the sense of community, and in hindsight was the absolute worst thing to do.

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The decision to change, no. The changes they made, that's another story. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 9, 20:48 1
- Exactly. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 9, 20:49
agreed. i couldn't be completely critical because they were trying to address dwindling traffic and revenues. - b! Jan 9, 20:44 2
- dwindling? how do we know that? -- nm - nubby Jan 9, 20:47 1
  - ::brain squint:: - b! Jan 9, 20:50
FWIW, the orange never really bothered me. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 9, 20:40

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I can't really fault them for that decision, at least on the assumptions I have about how they made it.

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