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Michelle
Michelle
12/18/2016 6:04:51 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
@afwriter I'm surprised Verizon didn't back out after the first disclosure. I think the deal is far too risky now. Yahoo is essentially a dying company.

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Ariella
Ariella
12/18/2016 11:50:24 AM
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Re: Yahoo!
@mhhf1ve I don't think people think of social media in that way any more than they think of the post office or phone company as something to be thankful for because they have used it to communicate. People tend to just take these things for granted.  But if they find their mail takes longer than expected or their calls are getting dropped, they would blame the services. That's human nature.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
12/17/2016 10:31:02 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
But doesn't the president-elect owe some gratitude towards the Twitter platform for publicizing him and giving him a voice...? (and free advertising)

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Ariella
Ariella
12/17/2016 8:54:33 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
@Mpouraryan Given the way Twitter runs, it's not altgoether surprising that it would fall on Trump's snub list. But I don't think any president has the ability to make or break major technology companies today. 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
12/16/2016 9:31:53 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
I thought so too, because competition is a good thing for all and everyone benefits.   Let's hope they will, as @joe noted, can indeed close the deal for the sake of the Yahoo Employees and the enduring IP that they own.   

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
12/16/2016 9:28:48 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
> "Yahoo, at this stage, is another "me too"--and unfortunately it is stuck..."

Agreed. But Yahoo did try a LOT of different things over the years -- and that's part of the reason why it's actually still around and trying to do a reverse spin off. If Yahoo hadn't invested in Alibaba, it wouldn't have lasted this long.

It's unfortunate that Yahoo couldn't pull out of its death spiral. I was really hoping that Marissa could do it... 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
12/16/2016 9:24:21 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
You all have caused me to be "virtually breathless"..as I hope this interesting "tidbit" also underscores the broader challenge faced by all:
Trump Tower hour
 
The big news this week was that Donald Trump summoned tech's biggest CEOs to his tower. The seating arrangements were interesting. Jeff Bezos, for example, was tucked into a corner near the Trump kids. 
 
Also notable was who was not there, which we analyzed in the following chart. For example, unicorns Uber and Airbnb were left out despite being more highly valued than Palantir. Twitter got the big snub. 

 
Our team of data scientists also worked 24/7 this week on a multivariate analysis incorporating some fancy trigonometry, which correlates proximity to Trump with post-summit stock performance. See the results here. Spoiler: It doesn't look good for Bezos. 


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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
12/16/2016 4:58:02 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
I am with @Joe and @DHagar that ultimately they will strike a deal and work to mitigate the security issues--but as I noted in my "foray" visiting with you all that it is still quite tragic to see such promise see the demise that it has.   Lessons to be learnt by all the "up and comers"...and the giants no doubt....

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
12/16/2016 4:55:51 PM
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Re: Fishy things still...
In this day and age, we have to not rely on the providers--but exercise caution to the best of our ability--even though it gets to be quite challenging no doubt.

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
12/16/2016 4:54:14 PM
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Re: Yahoo!
It is not a matter that they do not care--it probably speaks to the profound internal challenges--and I would argue leadership.  President Obama noted it interestingly enough during his final 2016 news conference--if there is a screw up, it is on me, if there is credit, it belongs to all (I am paraphrasing of course)--but I hope you all get where I am going with this.  

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