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Delighted competitor here. How do you force your entire staff to relocate across the country without "materially changing the end-user experience"?

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Hi Maciej,

2/3 of the staff members are moving to San Francisco. We all agreed to it before making the decision, no hands were forced.

Also, big fan of your writing. Want to grab a coffee or beer now that I'm in SF?

Brian

I'm honestly flattered that you like my writing, but what would be the goal of meeting up? It seems like it would be awkward, given that I've treated your acquisition like a piñata full of new customers. In any case, feel free to message me directly.

what about the other 1/3? Are they remaining in NY?

Can we join you guys?

That's not a good sign. Most of the time when a tech company or app fails they're based in SF.

Also when they start. Which might be the most likely reason for your observation.

That's the ...

May I hijack this thread and ask why moving to SF at all? Was it part of the deal? Would you have moved despite the acquisition? Is there any specific things Instapaper was missing out by not being in bay area?

The core engineering team for Pinterest is out of SF and the team was open to moving to SF as part of the acquisition. Given that the company was majority-owned by betaworks (based out of NYC), it's unlikely we would've moved outside of the acquisition.

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