[rbanffy]

I can't argue with Zynga's products being improved versions of their competitors' - I have never used (and have consistently blocked) them. I was questioning the "I don't fucking want innovation. You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers" thing, which is plain ugly.

[fleitz]

What we're missing from that quote is context. Also, it appears to have worked for Mr. Pincus and not for his competitors, obviously he did something a little different.

[rbanffy]

> it appears to have worked for Mr. Pincus and not for his competitors, obviously he did something a little different.

Couldn't that be attributed to his company having a larger user base and more money than its competition?

[fleitz]

But how did he get the large user base?

[rbanffy]

Simple: by being the first to succeed.

But that doesn't make the means to attain continued success less evil.