Comments on: Pierre Omidyar Is Getting His Ginx On (Co-founder Status Confirmed).

By: LegendsOfBatman

LegendsOfBatman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:31:25 +0000

Pierre did an interview with John Donahoe, explaining how getting sellers to sell on eBay would be a horrible idea, while attempting to explain why eBay’s new changes would be a good thing. (Because eBayers like Pierre, and loathe Meg (the greedy witch of the west, and John Donahoe, the Tin Man).

Now, I have said this before, John seems like a nice guy. Naive, but nice. The type of person who blindly goes where the company leads. And in doing so, he may very well wind up a miserable wreck, as he is going to take the fall for a failed business plan that has all but destroyed eBay.

Pierre, WHERE are you? You’re still on the board. Are you now the cowardly lion? Take back YOUR company, and get it back on track.
I’m appalled at the direction ebay has spiraled down this past year. It’s a no wonder eBay stock is down 50% while Amazon enjoyed it’s best Christmas ever!
In the meantime, eBay is GIVING away millions in listing and Final Value Fees to the likes of Buy.com JUST to pretend they are doing well, all the while the paying sellers have moved on to other places, leaving eBay’s bottom line to suffer!
And, while the hopefuls stick around, they are getting pounded by bad buyers who would abuse the feedback system and steal items from good sellers, complain to PayPal, get a refund on the items they purchased, and then turn around and resell it on eBay! getting the item free AND money for selling the stolen items!
eBay’s claims that this activity is not tolerated is a lie! One member I reported two weeks ago to Lorrie was allowed to terrorize sellers for THIRTEEN MONTHS before eBay booted her! THIRTEEN MONTHS and left negatives at a rate of MORE than 28% since the feedback policy changed! The four years prior? The (ab)user left ZERO negative feedback! In one year, MORE than TWENTY EIGHT percent, in less than 200 transactions! THATS a LOT of negatives!
What happened? Ebay policy changed, allowing criminal behavior to destroy good honest hard working sellers.
And where were you Pierre? Off making Ginx?
Imagine your mother selling on ebay and being ripped off! Of course, you have YOUR billions. Who cares about the people who GOT you your money?

Please, join the eBay boycott.
Right a wrong eBay has done to thousands of innocent sellers and buyers,
Tim
http://forums.d...ycottebay/start
http://myspace.com/boycottebay

By: The Amplify Clog » Ginx - a news sharing service for Twitter

The Amplify Clog » Ginx - a news sharing service for Twitter — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:07:50 +0000

[...] a news sharing service for Twitter January 15, 2009 – 1:27 pm by Eric Goldstein Clipped from http://www.techcrunch.comGinx is a news sharing service built on top of Twitter. Ginx uses your Twitter username and password [...]

By: http://www.digiwu.com » Blog Archive » DEMO Memetracker Faceoff: Evri Vs. Ensembli

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:54:59 +0000

[...] are actually sent to an Ensembli link which frames the underlying Webpage, much in the same way Ginx and Digg’s upcoming toolbar present shared pages). Integration with Twitter, Facebook, [...]

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DEMO Memetracker Faceoff: Evri Vs. Ensembli | Webtrendblog.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:34:30 +0000

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DEMO Memetracker Faceoff: Evri Vs. Ensembli — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:19:38 +0000

By: Digg Is Working On a Toolbar To Go After StumbleUpon, TinyURL, and All The Rest « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me…..

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:52:29 +0000

[...] to the original page, and the original page gets the hit as well. (This is a similar technique to what Ginx does with its Web-sharing Twitter client). But by running all of the recommended pages through its own [...]

By: http://www.digiwu.com » Blog Archive » Digg Is Working On a Toolbar To Go After StumbleUpon, TinyURL, and All The Rest

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:00:41 +0000

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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:35:02 +0000

By: Digg Is Working On a Toolbar To Go After StumbleUpon, TinyURL, and All The Rest

Digg Is Working On a Toolbar To Go After StumbleUpon, TinyURL, and All The Rest — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:33:14 +0000

[...] to get rid of teh toolbar frame and be taken to the original page. (This is a similar technique to what Ginx does with its Web-sharing Twitter client). CrunchBase Information Digg StumbleUpon TinyURL Ginx [...]

By: Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing | Kawink Blog

Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing | Kawink Blog — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:52:13 +0000

[...] first wrote about Ginx last month when it was revealed that parent company Peer News had raised $2 million in funding. At the time, [...]

By: Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing | Blog from YODspica LTD

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:23:37 +0000

[...] first wrote about Ginx last month when it was revealed that parent company Peer News had raised $2 million in funding. At the time, [...]

By: Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing

Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:59:47 +0000

[...] first wrote about Ginx last month when it was revealed that parent company Peer News had raised $2 million in funding. At the time, [...]

By: Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing

Ginx Reinvents Twitter’s Interface For The Sake Of Sharing — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:48:17 +0000

[...] first wrote about Ginx last month when it was revealed that parent company Peer News had raised $2 million in funding. At the time, [...]

By: ron donway

ron donway — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:57:59 +0000

pierre never managed anything at ebay, he got lucky

so he can waste money on ginx and play big shot

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:26:08 +0000

If you’ve used Brightkit’s new Hootlet bookmarking browser tool, it also has Brightkit’s toolbar at the top of the page.

BTW, the Hootlet tool makes posting links very very easy.

By: ThisGlobe.com Blogs » Omidyar and Twitter

ThisGlobe.com Blogs » Omidyar and Twitter — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:44:20 +0000

[...] in 2009 was that Twitter is going to continue to take off. When I read on TC that Pierre Omidyar is fascinated with the service to the point of investing in a related company and even acting as an exe…, I have to feel a tad bit validated. A caveat – Omidyar Networks is an investor in my company [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:43:08 +0000

URL shorteners are everywhere why is this such a big deal. i use http://tiny4.us and I bet if i ask then they can probably add those features without spending 2 million dollars.

By: jsiz

jsiz — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:51:04 +0000

Which internet do you use? I got a new one at best buy (it’s blue–or sort of dark black actually–and fits under my desk where my cats sleep (it keeps them warm)) and he said it is going to last for at least three years. You guys must have lost your minds.

By: jsiz

jsiz — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:48:04 +0000

Is there any force of nature to counteract things like spending $2M on something this trivial? I mean really, won’t this farce end up killing a bald eagle or at least injuring a baby koala something? Seriously: two million dollars! How many entrepreneurs out there are shivering reading that while they’ve slaved away for years, some guy with a browser plugin is fully funded from day 0 for something that has no hope of ever paying for itself.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:08:53 +0000

my uncle made large sums of money about 10 years ago, retired and gored bored stiff of playing golf and spider solitaire.

so he’s not involved in a few start ups, not for the cash, but really to both keep him busy and also for meeting and working with like-minded people.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:53:03 +0000

“Keep an eye on this one.” Twitter apps and URL shortening…. revolutionary stuff.

By: worthy

worthy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:21:00 +0000

You really think peoples should stop after the big exit’s? no way, I think after those kinda of actions need to grow, think bigger and to think about all kind of business models.

By: lazysupper

lazysupper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:29 +0000

“Oh they have the Internet on Computers now!”
Homer J. Simpson, the man spoke volumes.

But I agree… the Internet better start doing something soon or it’s toast. Maybe it could tell me when to water my plants.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:35:03 +0000

Lazersupper, Twitter and Facebook are gaining on the Internet. Someday, both will be bigger than the Internet. The Internet better start doing some marketing, or it’s going to fall behind in user-base.