Square. It's a bloated mess of a company still trying to "pivot" after its idea of being the credit card middle man never really took off (or took too long and allowed others to catch up, depending on how you see it). They're doing a bunch of different things but nothing that really seems to stand out. Have you seen anyone use Square Cash? Squareup? Didn't think so.
Quora. I'm surprised YC even took them in. It has an overwhelmingly unmonetizeable userbase (primarily in India). It's growing and growing but there's nothing really that can justify the $900mm+ valuation if there's nothing to monetize. I also personally hate their pesky model that_forces_ you to sign in to view more than a single answer. Maybe Yahoo will buy them and quietly kill them at a lower valuation in a few years.
Loved Quora about 2/3 years ago and could spend hours reading it but the questions and answers have become incredibly low quality to the point where I barely check it anymore.
They really need to sort out their notification system - I logged in and had ~200 notifications, it just instantly caused me stress and I closed the tab.
Square cash is quite good. I use it with my friends and family regularly. I certainly came across others who uses it frequently. Not sure why it is not more popular though.
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Square. It's a bloated mess of a company still trying to "pivot" after its idea of being the credit card middle man never really took off (or took too long and allowed others to catch up, depending on how you see it). They're doing a bunch of different things but nothing that really seems to stand out. Have you seen anyone use Square Cash? Squareup? Didn't think so.
Quora. I'm surprised YC even took them in. It has an overwhelmingly unmonetizeable userbase (primarily in India). It's growing and growing but there's nothing really that can justify the $900mm+ valuation if there's nothing to monetize. I also personally hate their pesky model that_forces_ you to sign in to view more than a single answer. Maybe Yahoo will buy them and quietly kill them at a lower valuation in a few years.
Loved Quora about 2/3 years ago and could spend hours reading it but the questions and answers have become incredibly low quality to the point where I barely check it anymore.
They really need to sort out their notification system - I logged in and had ~200 notifications, it just instantly caused me stress and I closed the tab.
I see countless restaurants and food carts using square to accept payments
Square cash is quite good. I use it with my friends and family regularly. I certainly came across others who uses it frequently. Not sure why it is not more popular though.
You realize they lose money on every single Square Cash transaction right?