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They go on to acknowledge the growth profile and valuation multiples vs competitors based off projected profits ...which is probably the more useful way to look at it -

There have been reports of investors valuing TikTok around $50 billion in the takeover bid, this is approximately 50 times its projected revenue for 2020. Many publications have compared this to SnapChat’s market capitalization which sits around $33 billion at the moment (15 times its 2020 projected revenue). While Snapchat exists within the same social media ecosystem the comparison has to account for two factors.

1) TikTok vs Snapchat’s position in the growth cycle 2) TikTok vs Snapchat’s core proposition

I think facebook would pay a hefty premium even above that; handing Microsoft a buzzing social media platform on a silver platter - with the weight of Microsoft's resources behind it. Surely Zuckerberg's nightmare manifest...and he has no real chance of trying to outbid - what with all the anti-trust press.

This is what always strikes me...the knowledge that you are competing against a "new" category of entertainment but the hubris to dismiss it in one fell swoop...why wouldn't you ask "why did this cattegory crop up"; "is there something new going on here that they do better than us?"

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SlateStarCodex shutting down in direct response to the hubris/disregard of one NYT reporter hungry for a story. This parasitic appetite for airtime come-what-may approach to journalism needs to be checked. There's no reason the writer couldn't leave the real full name out of the article once requested and with legitimate concern aired by the person hes naming.

I'm glad "Scott" is taking this stance if only for the fact that it puts the onus of hard/difficult decisions back on the NYT - i.e. why despite legitimate concerns are your writers comfortable doxxing people?

The key highlight for me -

"When I expressed these fears to the reporter, he just said that me having enemies was going to be part of the story. He added that “I have enemies too”. Perhaps if he was less flippant about destroying people’s lives, he would have fewer.

(though out of respect for his concerns, I am avoiding giving his name here.)

After considering my options, I decided on the one you see now. If there’s no blog, there’s no story. Or at least the story will have to include some discussion of NYT’s strategy of doxxing random bloggers for clicks."

From the article "when we know where the seams are and how to manipulate them. The power in being able to manipulate the seams creates an elevated experience, one that emulates the ease of a seamless experience with the added power of control. Where seams help you identify how any one element interacts with the broader environment, the knowledge of ‘beautiful seams’ (source) could become invaluable to the user experience."

I have a sneaking suspicion that SEO/keyword mapping with all the resources devoted to that space may have some tools that elaborate on this idea - though im no expert. If anyone knows of useful tools to replicate this in browser I am all ears.