Y Combinator startup Scribd raises VC and creates secret jobs page just for news.ycombinator readers(scribd.com)
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Y Combinator startup Scribd raises VC and creates secret jobs page just for news.ycombinator readers
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Considering it appeared on ValleyWag, it's definitely not a secret anymore =)
The coming battle: Google Search + Google Desktop VS Scribd :)
Scribd _is_ obvious google-bait. Google's "all the world's information" bit makes something like scribd almost irresistible to them. Of course, google may try (and/or succeed in) rolling their own, first.
But kudos to the scribd guys for delivering a simple twist on Napster/Flickr/YouTube (share music/photos/video) that no one else had done. I expect they'll do very well out of it.
But kudos to the scribd guys for delivering a simple twist on Napster/Flickr/YouTube (share music/photos/video) that no one else had done. I expect they'll do very well out of it.
This is not Google bait. This solves no real problems.
awesome!
I think it would have been more hackerish if they made their normal jobs dynamically display alternate text for requests that include a news.yc Referer.