Comments on: Flixster Growing Like A Weed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:29:46 -0800 hourly 1 By: Schnelllebigkeit des Internets - sebmos.at http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-2904079 Schnelllebigkeit des Internets - sebmos.at Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:44:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-2904079 [...] schreibt “Flixter Growing Like A Weed” und merkt an, dass das Video-Bewertungs-Social Network Flixter innerhalb eines Jahres von nichts [...] [...] schreibt “Flixter Growing Like A Weed” und merkt an, dass das Video-Bewertungs-Social Network Flixter innerhalb eines Jahres von nichts [...]

]]> By: Schnelllebigkeit des Internets « Sëbastian’s Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-2523352 Schnelllebigkeit des Internets « Sëbastian’s Blog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:31:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-2523352 [...] TechCrunch schreibt “Flixter Growing Like A Weed” und merkt an, dass das Video-Bewertungs-Social Network Flixter innerhalb eines Jahres von nichts [...] [...] TechCrunch schreibt “Flixter Growing Like A Weed” und merkt an, dass das Video-Bewertungs-Social Network Flixter innerhalb eines Jahres von nichts [...]

]]> By: IAC “Very Close” To Acquiring Flixster http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-2302953 IAC “Very Close” To Acquiring Flixster Sat, 17 May 2008 07:52:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-2302953 [...] had an up and down year in 2007. They started off strong (”growing like a weed“) and have grown to 43 million user home pages. Traffic grew to 12 million unique worldwide [...] [...] had an up and down year in 2007. They started off strong (”growing like a weed“) and have grown to 43 million user home pages. Traffic grew to 12 million unique worldwide [...]

]]> By: Fernando Romero http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1777987 Fernando Romero Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:01:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1777987 [...] READ MORE> Permalink   [...] [...] READ MORE> Permalink   [...]

]]> By: Fixster For Sale; IAC Interested http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1706207 Fixster For Sale; IAC Interested Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:36:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1706207 [...] Fast growing movie-centered social network Flixster has been making the rounds with potential buyers, we’ve heard from multiple sources. And IAC may have submitted a letter of intent in the last week or so. [...] [...] Fast growing movie-centered social network Flixster has been making the rounds with potential buyers, we’ve heard from multiple sources. And IAC may have submitted a letter of intent in the last week or so. [...]

]]> By: WeSeePeople http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1554490 WeSeePeople Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:42:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1554490 <strong>The Cinematic Social Network, Flixster...</strong> TechCrunch likened it to weed, (kind that grows in your grass, lawn, never mind!) Growing very fast. According to Flixster itself, "Flixster is a community for movie fans of all shapes and sizes. Whether you are a die-hard horror fan or lover of roman... The Cinematic Social Network, Flixster…

TechCrunch likened it to weed, (kind that grows in your grass, lawn, never mind!) Growing very fast. According to Flixster itself, “Flixster is a community for movie fans of all shapes and sizes. Whether you are a die-hard horror fan or lover of roman…

]]> By: Rags's Soapbox http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1308052 Rags's Soapbox Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:03:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1308052 <strong>Sites I Love: Rotten Tomatoes...</strong> This is this first in a series of posts on sites and/or online services that I love. They may or may not be Web 2.0 - in fact I think it will be interesting to see just how many of... Sites I Love: Rotten Tomatoes…

This is this first in a series of posts on sites and/or online services that I love. They may or may not be Web 2.0 – in fact I think it will be interesting to see just how many of…

]]> By: Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1272268 Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:25:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1272268 [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...] [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...]

]]> By: Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1272267 Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:25:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1272267 [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...] [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...]

]]> By: Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-2/#comment-1272266 Flixster Hits 10 million Registered Users Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:25:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1272266 [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...] [...] don’t see this every day. San Francisco based Flixster’s growth, which shot up late last year, shows no signs of slowing anytime [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1213152 Josh Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1213152 I just posted an update to my Proud Geek blog -- link below. Basically, I found that Flixster didn't automatically log the user in and steal his/her address book. But I also decided that Flixster could be better about warning the user about the fact that his/her address book would be "harvested." Plus, I found that even though the user could customize the Flixster invitation emails, the emails actually being sent out didn't include any of the customizations. I also made some recommendations for improvements. http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/a-flixster-mix/ I just posted an update to my Proud Geek blog — link below. Basically, I found that Flixster didn’t automatically log the user in and steal his/her address book. But I also decided that Flixster could be better about warning the user about the fact that his/her address book would be “harvested.” Plus, I found that even though the user could customize the Flixster invitation emails, the emails actually being sent out didn’t include any of the customizations. I also made some recommendations for improvements.

http://proudgee...a-flixster-mix/

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1206452 John Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:46:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1206452 They get you to invite your friends by including a script in the invitation e-mail that you didn't want to recieve that sends the same invite to everyone in your email contacts. It's disguised in the invite as their homepage www.flixster.com. They get you to invite your friends by including a script in the invitation e-mail that you didn’t want to recieve that sends the same invite to everyone in your email contacts.
It’s disguised in the invite as their homepage http://www.flixster.com.

]]> By: Joe Mama http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199439 Joe Mama Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:38:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1199439 Anyone is a complete fool if theygive their email password to any random stranger. Totals idiots. You have no idea what they really do with these passwords. This company reeks of sleeze, suckage and possible illegal activity. Anyone is a complete fool if theygive their email password to any random stranger. Totals idiots. You have no idea what they really do with these passwords.

This company reeks of sleeze, suckage and possible illegal activity.

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1196443 Josh Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:51:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1196443 I got a few "flixster invitation" emails from friends, and so I published something on my blog Proud Geek about Flixster "stealing" addresses from users. The blog entry is at: http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/ A few minutes ago, I got a comment on that blog post from one of the Flixster founders. The comment is below. Wanted to hear your thoughts about this. ----------- hi proudgeek, just stumbled upon your site via technorati… I am one of the founders of flixster… FYI, we absoilutely encourage new users to invite friends to the site (its about sharing movie ratings - not very useful without friends) - but we don’t force anyone to do so and certainly never “steal” addresses from anyone’s contact book. (We offer the ability to select friends to invite from your yahoo/hotmail/etc address book - but again, its optional and you get to choose who to invite and we don’t store your password at all) Anyway - sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Feel free to ping me back by email if you have questions… best, joe I got a few “flixster invitation” emails from friends, and so I published something on my blog Proud Geek about Flixster “stealing” addresses from users. The blog entry is at:
http://proudgee...lixster-me-not/

A few minutes ago, I got a comment on that blog post from one of the Flixster founders. The comment is below. Wanted to hear your thoughts about this.
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hi proudgeek,

just stumbled upon your site via technorati… I am one of the founders of flixster…

FYI, we absoilutely encourage new users to invite friends to the site (its about sharing movie ratings – not very useful without friends) – but we don’t force anyone to do so and certainly never “steal” addresses from anyone’s contact book. (We offer the ability to select friends to invite from your yahoo/hotmail/etc address book – but again, its optional and you get to choose who to invite and we don’t store your password at all)

Anyway – sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Feel free to ping me back by email if you have questions…

best,
joe

]]> By: Anit-Flixter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1181688 Anit-Flixter Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:51:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1181688 Flixter consumed a few friends last night, its growth an obvious sham; the go after your address book like a cheap can-o-spam-mail. Then mail everyone on the list; and bingo you and your friends are now compromised.... BTW they offer up a dead-end location for their physical address: Flixster Inc 208 Utah St 4th Floor San Francisco, California 94103 United States 14155095639 which points back to another place (equally hidden) OrgName: United Layer, Inc. OrgID: LAER Address: 1019 Mission Street City: San Francisco StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94103 Country: US Now look up their DNS (you'd figure right there on-site hmmm--WRONG) Searching for www.flixster.com A record at dns4.nettica.com. [69.41.170.223]: Reports www.flixster.com. ----------and look stranger still they get DNS not in California but from a large domain hoster in TEXAS: OrgName: 1-800-HOSTING, Inc. OrgID: 1800H Address: 3509 Oak Lawn Ave City: DALLAS StateProv: TX PostalCode: 75219 ------------------------but wait, who owns this DNS Server well gee nettica.com comes to us from------------------------- CustName: Fresh Lab Address: POB 268 City: Medina StateProv: WA PostalCode: 98039 Country: US So then whats the real scoop and who's hunting down your email address Flixter consumed a few friends last night, its growth an obvious sham; the go after your address book like a cheap can-o-spam-mail.

Then mail everyone on the list; and bingo you and your friends are now compromised….

BTW they offer up a dead-end location for their physical address:
Flixster Inc
208 Utah St 4th Floor
San Francisco, California 94103
United States
14155095639

which points back to another place (equally hidden)
OrgName: United Layer, Inc.
OrgID: LAER
Address: 1019 Mission Street
City: San Francisco
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94103
Country: US

Now look up their DNS (you’d figure right there on-site hmmm–WRONG)

Searching for http://www.flixster.com A record at dns4.nettica.com. [69.41.170.223]: Reports http://www.flixster.com.
———-and look stranger still they get DNS not in California but from a large domain hoster in TEXAS:

OrgName: 1-800-HOSTING, Inc.
OrgID: 1800H
Address: 3509 Oak Lawn Ave
City: DALLAS
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75219
————————but wait, who owns this DNS Server well gee nettica.com comes to us from————————-
CustName: Fresh Lab
Address: POB 268
City: Medina
StateProv: WA
PostalCode: 98039
Country: US

So then whats the real scoop and who’s hunting down your email address

]]> By: Ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1167509 Ben Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:04:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1167509 I LOVE FLIXSTER! I LOVE FLIXSTER!

]]> By: Broken Tears http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-1093639 Broken Tears Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:42:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-1093639 You are in some fuckin crazy shit man!!!!!!!!!! You are in some fuckin crazy shit man!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Stubbleblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-937608 Stubbleblog Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:09:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-937608 <strong>Social Network Fatigue is a Red Herring...</strong> Jon Udell and Tim O'Reilly both posted entries recently using the phrase Social Network Fatigue, implying that the friction of joining new social networks was going to slow the adoption of new social networks. That idea is wrong (and it...... Social Network Fatigue is a Red Herring…

Jon Udell and Tim O’Reilly both posted entries recently using the phrase Social Network Fatigue, implying that the friction of joining new social networks was going to slow the adoption of new social networks. That idea is wrong (and it……

]]> By: brooke http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-937449 brooke Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:26:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-937449 i love it. i like to meet new people and to talk to theme. i love it. i like to meet new people and to talk to theme.

]]> By: Read/WriteWeb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-905252 Read/WriteWeb Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:28:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-905252 <strong>Flixter: Analysis Of A Movie Social Network On The Rise...</strong> Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week there was a post on TechCrunch entitled Flixter is growing like weed, which described how a trendy new startup called Flixter that has seen phenomenal growth over the last...... Flixter: Analysis Of A Movie Social Network On The Rise…

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week there was a post on TechCrunch entitled Flixter is growing like weed, which described how a trendy new startup called Flixter that has seen phenomenal growth over the last……

]]> By: JonB http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-876009 JonB Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:48:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-876009 Then there's accuracy. IMDB.COM still gets my vote for accuracy, but I will admit that IMDB needs to work on its community aspects. Then again, they are more geared toward the film professionals (of all levels). A quick comparison of Harrison Ford's profile on both sites shows a 10 film difference from IMDB (33 on Flixster and 43 on IMDB). There is even one non-confirmed film on Flixster that you can't find on IMDB at all (which means it most likely truely is ficticious). Its definately not accurate and I guarentee that the celebs don't actually monitor their profiles on Flixster. Then there’s accuracy. IMDB.COM still gets my vote for accuracy, but I will admit that IMDB needs to work on its community aspects. Then again, they are more geared toward the film professionals (of all levels).

A quick comparison of Harrison Ford’s profile on both sites shows a 10 film difference from IMDB (33 on Flixster and 43 on IMDB). There is even one non-confirmed film on Flixster that you can’t find on IMDB at all (which means it most likely truely is ficticious). Its definately not accurate and I guarentee that the celebs don’t actually monitor their profiles on Flixster.

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-868609 Jon Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:27:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-868609 Growing like a weed is a good analogy, since the site has is a collection of co-opted (to use a nice word) UI and design elements. I'll also knock it for having a leader who, perhaps unintentionally, uploaded a photo that resembles Ben Stiller's character in Zoolander. Growing like a weed is a good analogy, since the site has is a collection of co-opted (to use a nice word) UI and design elements. I’ll also knock it for having a leader who, perhaps unintentionally, uploaded a photo that resembles Ben Stiller’s character in Zoolander.

]]> By: Jeff C. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-855854 Jeff C. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:14:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-855854 I think a site like www.dvdspot.com would be more successful and they are also growing very steadily with 10,000+ members now. I don't think you need all this multimedia content to make the site successful. I think if DVDSpot could create an engine that can recommened other people's movie collections that closely match to yours, then that would be more useful. I think a site like http://www.dvdspot.com would be more successful and they are also growing very steadily with 10,000+ members now. I don’t think you need all this multimedia content to make the site successful. I think if DVDSpot could create an engine that can recommened other people’s movie collections that closely match to yours, then that would be more useful.

]]> By: Richard http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-854017 Richard Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-854017 And the Flixster guys are leveraging the managed colocation of Unitedlayer to help their growth - in today's internet growth, the less you worry about network and colo, the better...(shameless plug as they are a client) - :-) And the Flixster guys are leveraging the managed colocation of Unitedlayer to help their growth – in today’s internet growth, the less you worry about network and colo, the better…(shameless plug as they are a client) – :-)

]]> By: Talmadge http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-851976 Talmadge Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:33:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/01/flixster-growing-like-a-weed/#comment-851976 Any idea what the exit strategy is for these guys? Eyeballs are great. Where's the cash flow? Any idea what the exit strategy is for these guys? Eyeballs are great. Where’s the cash flow?

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