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by robert_mygengo 5471 days ago
Disclosure: My company. Factual note: Not actually a Series A, was a conv. note.
3 comments

Congratulations Robert. I know you guys are working hard and producing great product and great buzz. I'm sure this will be put to good use!
Congrats!
Just FYI: claiming you're going to "own" translation makes you sound idiotic, and I'll never use your services because of this. :)

Good luck, though.

Right, because it's always a mistake to talk about your personal exciting vision for where you see your business going.

You've come off as either making a very bad joke, or a customer that any company would be happy to lose.

Guess you could use our services for a different reason instead. But we'll live.
That's the point: you won't with that attitude.

I can name 3 online translation services that are much bigger than you. How are you going to "own" a space that already has much bigger players?

I was a fan of your service (mainly because of our large Japanese user base) up until this point. But you know what, I'll live without your service. :)

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? You seem to be awfully hostile for little reason, hence downvotes.

Repeating "I won't be using your service" is hardly constructive for anyone. Also I don't see why you wouldn't use them if they proved to be better than the alternatives at what they are actually doing.