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by krisroadruck 844 days ago
I basically called this the day the acquisition was announced:

https://twitter.com/KrisRoadruck/status/1503738797527343105

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What’s your point? I can’t imagine that you’re showing how many of these calls you miss.
As far as I am aware I haven't made any other calls at all. This one wasn't exactly hard to predict given their treatment of scotch.io

Both were marketing/seo plays and long term there was never any incentive for them to keep the brands independent and operating at full cost.

TL;DR if you want your publication to live on well after you sell it, sell it to a publisher business, don't sell it to a product/service business.