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Comment by jl87

10 years ago

yes - Polyvore had massive fanbase north of 25m monthly users

And how much revenue were those users generating? Of what strategic importance was it to Yahoo? How are they getting a return on $230 million?

  • Probably way more than something like Mailbox bought by Dropbox, but no one here would say that's a bad idea because most HN users understand mail clients but not a fashion social network