if social apps are going to work, they work right out of the gate (sometimes they work initially and then fail, but rarely fail then work)

Feb 12, 2014 · 1:57 AM UTC

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Replying to @sama
@sama Pinterest’s CEO, @8en, said they had “catastrophically small numbers” in their first year after launch. allthingsd.com/20120313/pint…
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@DannyNemer a small number of super happy users @dcurtis instagram was a new product, and it worked right away
Replying to @sama
@sama In what timeframe? No one remembers the less successful iterations… it could take months before it gains traction
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@sama Twitter got off to a relatively slow start, perhaps because most of us didn’t have smartphones at the time. Is that what has changed?
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@sama like Pinterest?
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. @sama not always the case - n.b. @pinterest
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@sama unfortunately "working" is pretty hard to measure. took snapchat 6mo to get 2k users ow.ly/tx7Qq
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@sama I think @Tinder was perhaps a counterexample? //cc @badeen
Replying to @aseidman
@aseidman @sama Tumblr also initially had not aggressive growth. Took reblogging months later to get the right liquidity which caused growth
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@sama sorry, but have to disagree. Some people just don’t mention failure when on top. Kik and Pinterest are two that failed then worked