Comment by geor9e Comment by geor9e 2 days ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News I will never forgive twitter for this catch and kill of a platform so full of life
Copy Link burnt-resistor 2 days ago Collapse Comment - Perhaps because they already had Periscope that no one used. It was a "buy competitor to kill it" play that didn't have the desired effect. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link tdeck 2 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Amusingly Periscope was their clone of Meerkat which was briefly popular before they killed it. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link heylook 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Periscope was in closed beta when Meerkat launched. Neither was a clone of the other. Just two teams with the same idea at the same time. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link tdeck 2 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Amusingly Periscope was their clone of Meerkat which was briefly popular before they killed it. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link heylook 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Periscope was in closed beta when Meerkat launched. Neither was a clone of the other. Just two teams with the same idea at the same time. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link heylook 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Periscope was in closed beta when Meerkat launched. Neither was a clone of the other. Just two teams with the same idea at the same time. Reply View | 0 replies
Perhaps because they already had Periscope that no one used. It was a "buy competitor to kill it" play that didn't have the desired effect.