I'm not so sure. "We regret to announce...", "We appreciate", a factual paragraph about what the team has been doing at ebay, and a way to export your data.
That's far better than the typical "We're excited to announce that we've been acquired, and are immediately shutting down the product", at least in my opinion.
Fair enough. I was just looking at the post in question without knowing the context.
If they had ran it a few more years before they shut it down it'd feel less deceptive, since conditions can change and a product might not make sense to continue for financial reasons.
It's a strange feeling to see Svpply finally setting into the sun. Most of us have moved on from ebay and the site has been semi-running itself for the past 6 months.
It's going to be weird saying "I worked on Svpply, a site that used to be about letting people curate and discover products".
If you expect a small company to persist for longer than that based on a single statement, it's best to just consider yourself outside the target audience for longevity predictions. There just is not that much certainty in the world for small firms.
I expect people to keep their promises for as long as they say. If he meant for the next two years, he should have said so. He could fudge it and say "for the foreseeable future" (that might tip his hand, however).
But I don't buy "but's it's just business" as an excuse for bad behavior, and in truth it bothers me that it's becoming more and more acceptable to not hold people socially accountable for their business behavior.
It was acquired by Ebay, which means it was no longer a small firm.
Not that I'm surprised, however it's further evidence that such statements on acquisition have no credibility whatsoever. They are just to make current customers and employees feel good.
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[ 6.7 ms ] story [ 82.8 ms ] threadBen Pieratt, Svpply founder: https://twitter.com/pieratt/status/481524249522216962
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That's far better than the typical "We're excited to announce that we've been acquired, and are immediately shutting down the product", at least in my opinion.
"One thing we do want to make clear: Svpply is not going away"
Sadly that's exactly what Our Incredible Journey is designed for.
If they had ran it a few more years before they shut it down it'd feel less deceptive, since conditions can change and a product might not make sense to continue for financial reasons.
It's going to be weird saying "I worked on Svpply, a site that used to be about letting people curate and discover products".
"One thing we do want to make clear: Svpply is not going away. We’ll continue to bring our users new products each day"
Sounds oh so familiar these days...
If you expect a small company to persist for longer than that based on a single statement, it's best to just consider yourself outside the target audience for longevity predictions. There just is not that much certainty in the world for small firms.
But I don't buy "but's it's just business" as an excuse for bad behavior, and in truth it bothers me that it's becoming more and more acceptable to not hold people socially accountable for their business behavior.
Not that I'm surprised, however it's further evidence that such statements on acquisition have no credibility whatsoever. They are just to make current customers and employees feel good.
Fancy.com is my alternative of choice.