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by pizu 4821 days ago
Did anyone tell Marissa that Tumblr is free?

Spending $1.1 billion just to post a single post, seems just like a huge waste of cash...
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crisnoble 4820 days ago
Facebook is free. Google is free. LinkedIn is free. In fact Yahoo is free. Why would the freeness of tumblr have any negative effect on your analysis of this deal?
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sigkill 4820 days ago
Save the snark, human. It's free for others because she chose to plunk the B.
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31reasons 4820 days ago
User attention is not free. Its not money but its not free. Isn't that the story of the last 10 years?
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