[perardi]

Just think of the data mining they could have had there.

They had a core set of ultra-connected users who touched key aspects of the entire tech industry. The knowledge graph you could have built out of what those people read and shared…

They could have just kept the entire service running with, what, 2 software engineers? Such a waste.

[nine_k]

This would require the decision-maker to think and act at the scale and in interests of the entire company. Not at the scale of a promo packet for next perf: "saved several millions in operation costs by shutting down a low-impact, unprofitable service."