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I recommend that Byron Allen give a university commencement speech. At Oberlin, maybe.

"we're gonna buy eBay to compete with Amazon" "we're gonna buy BuzzFeed to compete with YouTube" these guys are so creatively bankrupt, that I feel quadruple-hand embarrassment just to read a post about an article about the guy who said it

This whole strategy sounds like why Buzzfeed failed; trying to distribute through some attention dynamics and some credibility dynamics. that's death. vastly different distribution strategies, hence your push. Verge and NYT sound more like competitors than YouTube... (good interview, thx)

Think about it. When was the last time you went to Vimeo? Or Dailymotion?

I would say it's going to be underwhelming but my expectations are not raised by this pitch

hahahahahahaha oh, that's dynamite.

It only has to be better than human slop, which is Buzzfeed's bread and butter, so maybe they can manage it.