[shawnreilly]

Considering that Hackermeter didn't really have a chance to build our their Product or their Business, Pintrest was probably interested in the Founders Personally (as in, their Skillset). It seems that some people view this entire scenario with a negative light, but I think they did a great job. They got into Y-combinator, they launched their Product, and they were getting Traction. That right there is no easy task, regardless of what I think (or understand) about their Product. Pintrest probably saw them as being valuable, and wanted them on the Team. Good for them! The only downside here (from what I can see) are all the people that signed up and invested time doing these challenges, to then have the service shut down and have nothing to show for it. That's probably pretty frustrating as an End User.