AshleyAshes
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Cause 'Partnership' sounds a lot better than 'I sold the site and I'm finally earning a salary via FA rather than having it be a financial sink'?
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Cause 'Partnership' sounds a lot better than 'I sold the site and I'm finally earning a salary via FA rather than having it be a financial sink'?
PheagleAdler
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Wiki says it's an acquisition.
Kragith Zedrok
Black and Red All Day Long
Since when is Wiki ever a trusted source lol. But really, the choice of words for Partnership is dumb. Could actually cause a issue within a contract. But who knows.
PheagleAdler
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Maybe not by itself, but these things typically have sources.
Kragith Zedrok
Black and Red All Day Long
Ok, so why use the word partnership, its just plain silly. I mean given reasons just say acquisition to not confuse everyone lol.
RedSavage
Rattlesnake Flavored
What a wonderfully disgusting saying.
Kragith Zedrok
Black and Red All Day Long
We aren't up poopper creak without a paddle yet. We must wait and see.
GemWolf
Imma wolf with style
Hahah tis Aussie mate - all the way ;-)
Zepher_Tensho
Lodestar
I think everyone should just cool their jets. No one can say for sure what will happen next. Just gotta sit and wait to see what happens.
No reason to panic.
No reason to panic.
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Deleted member 93706
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I admit that this decision frightens me, but I think that more good will come out of it than bad.
Lol at all the white knights beginning to flood in.
First off: donation money. You guys said originally the money drive was put up before the DDOS. But now you said it was for the DDOS. This could mean several things, and I'm not very comfortable with it.
Second off: Dragoneer, I don't think you can sell a company without a 51% stake in it. Expect a lawsuit from that panderp guy. I don't even think what you did was legal.
Third: you may eventually want to step away from the site. What if it stops making money (actually, does it make any money for them?) and IMVU decides to let it go? Do you not realize how damaging this could be for the fandom?
Fourth: the fact that it seems you (allegedly) jumped into the contract without knowing much about it is scary. Whose to say our information won't be sold to third parties? I don't care what your reassurances may be, there could always be a "we reserve the right to make changes to this contract without notice" clause buried within. Companies like to do that.
On the other hand, perhaps this will be the best thing to happen to the furry fandom...ever. Maybe the fandom will be (partially) sanitized and all the creepy borderline illegal stuff will go back into the shadows where it belongs, you know, like how other fandoms operate. You never know.
First off: donation money. You guys said originally the money drive was put up before the DDOS. But now you said it was for the DDOS. This could mean several things, and I'm not very comfortable with it.
Second off: Dragoneer, I don't think you can sell a company without a 51% stake in it. Expect a lawsuit from that panderp guy. I don't even think what you did was legal.
Third: you may eventually want to step away from the site. What if it stops making money (actually, does it make any money for them?) and IMVU decides to let it go? Do you not realize how damaging this could be for the fandom?
Fourth: the fact that it seems you (allegedly) jumped into the contract without knowing much about it is scary. Whose to say our information won't be sold to third parties? I don't care what your reassurances may be, there could always be a "we reserve the right to make changes to this contract without notice" clause buried within. Companies like to do that.
On the other hand, perhaps this will be the best thing to happen to the furry fandom...ever. Maybe the fandom will be (partially) sanitized and all the creepy borderline illegal stuff will go back into the shadows where it belongs, you know, like how other fandoms operate. You never know.
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Brass
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DragonJERKed again folks. What's this I hear about you not telling your co-owners that you were selling the site? Is there going to be some crazy legal battle or something in the future? Can you dispelled these rumors?
Brass
Member
Are coding positions open to community members to apply for?
RedSavage
Rattlesnake Flavored
And apparently he doesn't own the entire site and nobody was notified: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hobmm1&s=8#.VQulZEY8Kc0
Any explanations?
Inb4 thread lock or comment deletion.
Any explanations?
Inb4 thread lock or comment deletion.
Atemis
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I would have kept that as a secret until the time was right, IMVU is a part of of the bestbuy family(?) so they might could hire a competent legal team.
Runefox
Kitsune of the PC Master Race
Which makes the second time that the site was sold without involving his input.
http://www.imvu.com/about/
IMVU is funded by several large venture capital groups (some smaller ones too). Allegis Capital, Best Buy, Menlo Ventures, and Bridgescale. Big one is Best Buy.
So this means FA is at the whims of a large corporation, which has now swallowed a (compared to them unnoticeable but potentially worthless) poison pill. Bye bye FA. Or at least we will be forced to use Geek Squad for all of our FA technical issues/trouble tickets. The horror...
Even if these big companies have no say in IMVU, well, IMVU could see FA as worthless, too. "Not making enough money? Shut it down folks! Shut it down."
IMVU is funded by several large venture capital groups (some smaller ones too). Allegis Capital, Best Buy, Menlo Ventures, and Bridgescale. Big one is Best Buy.
So this means FA is at the whims of a large corporation, which has now swallowed a (compared to them unnoticeable but potentially worthless) poison pill. Bye bye FA. Or at least we will be forced to use Geek Squad for all of our FA technical issues/trouble tickets. The horror...
Even if these big companies have no say in IMVU, well, IMVU could see FA as worthless, too. "Not making enough money? Shut it down folks! Shut it down."
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Delta
Fun times in FAFylon
Once more into rolling sea. Oh, how this ship creaks and groans!
Her passengers scamper to and fro, harkening to the heralds among them who howl of doom
and weep of endless misfortune on the horizon. The ocean sweeps the decks and batters the hull with unrelenting disdain.
Few life boats launch, the majority still firmly secured to their fastenings. Fewer still actually row for safety. Most simply circle the scene,
returning when the walls of water give way to pestersome waves and the gale winds subside to a stiff breeze.
She's been sinking for years.
Her passengers scamper to and fro, harkening to the heralds among them who howl of doom
and weep of endless misfortune on the horizon. The ocean sweeps the decks and batters the hull with unrelenting disdain.
Few life boats launch, the majority still firmly secured to their fastenings. Fewer still actually row for safety. Most simply circle the scene,
returning when the walls of water give way to pestersome waves and the gale winds subside to a stiff breeze.
She's been sinking for years.
Butters Shikkon
Patron Saint of Queers
In the end, none of it really matters.
With IMNU behind FA, Pische is somewhat checked by a higher up. If IMNU is foolish and puts more malware and "pay to view" things on it, we can have a true exodus (as im sure actually paying for an anciently designed site like FA is out the question for most users.)
Might not be good for FA, but it'll be great for furries.
With IMNU behind FA, Pische is somewhat checked by a higher up. If IMNU is foolish and puts more malware and "pay to view" things on it, we can have a true exodus (as im sure actually paying for an anciently designed site like FA is out the question for most users.)
Might not be good for FA, but it'll be great for furries.
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