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David Rosenthal: preference

24 Apr 2019 Acquired The Pinterest IPO

“Maybe we should have an acquired pin board, so in that case, I would care that you’ve been around the service but if we don’t have a reason to collaborate, I don’t care that you or my other friends are specifically are on the service. But I care that a lot of other people are, because then they’re adding content and I care about the content.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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Verified speaker
Claim type
preference
Recorded
24 Apr 2019
Publisher
Acquired

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…Even if it’s not a super strong network effect, you can still have a super strong flywheel. Maybe we should have an acquired pin board, so in that case, I would care that you’ve been around the service but if we don’t have a reason to collaborate, I don’t care that you or my other friends are specifically are on the service. But I care that a lot of other people are, because then they’re adding content and I care about the content. Right. I don’t mean to say there’s not one network effects. I mean, you could imagine a way worse version of Pinterest which is you can’t discover anything that anybody else uploaded, like there’s not a business there. It’s a tool but the backend of that personal tool is powered by the incredible amount of data and work that everyone else in the platform has done.…

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