Comment by dfriedmn

To go against the tide in these comments, this is actually exactly what they should be doing. They've properly identified the problem (finally), and do have enormous resources in attacking it. As long as the daily deal product can hold its own and not bleed money, they're well-suited to build the 'operating system for local,' an analogy I've been waiting for. They could do some interesting work in B2B products, vertically targeted/non-discounted/package offering, and generally use their existing resource base to get people offline together in new and creative ways.