Yahoo acquires GoPollGo

[cfinke]

The announcement at http://gopollgo.com/ hits all the acquisition bingo spots:

* "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]"

[coolsunglasses]

The founder of GoPollGo actually responded to this comment but nobody can see him because he's hellbanned.

...due to spamming GoPollGo polls on HN. Virtually no other contributions otherwise.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=LeBen

Too funny.

[nostromo]

Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. (http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html)

> 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.

[sampsonjs]

"They[Microsoft] can't hire smart people anymore" is easily the most fatuous thing he's written.

[orangethirty]

But what happens to these hackers when they arrive to a company that has Yahoo's culture? That's their problem. Their culture is the same one as any shitty American company.

[kylec]

Title correction: Yahoo acqui-hires GoPollGo. Like Summly, the service itself will disappear completely.

[andreer]

Well, in a way. Yahoo products with Summly integration are in the app store right now.

[pvnick]

I would be excited to go work for yahoo at this moment in their history. They're making some relatively big moves to get their game back.

[127001brewer]

It seems like Yahoo is following through their "focus on mobile"[1]. However, what other (recent) big moves have they made?

(As an aside, their weather app for the iPhone is very well done.)

[1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/yahoo-mobile-earnings/

[hayksaakian]

How to hire smart people for your multinational corporation and get free PR in the process: - comb through startups with talented founders - "acquire" their "company" - Make techcrunch headlines - 2 to 4 year committed employees, team oftentimes included - ??? - Profit

[wahsd]

The acquired companies rarely survive and the technology or systems they developed are usually gutted and stripped and the founders generally flee for the exits as soon as they can.

[oinksoft]

The announcement is posted at http://gopollgo.com/

Congratulations on the acquisition, OP.

[rjjacobson]

Yahoo is really upping the mobile aqui-hires. I wonder if people are excited to actually go work at Yahoo or if they're just happy to be acquired.

[caryme]

Congratulations, Sam!