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I see nothing wrong with that, sounds like they are trying to convince shareholders that the acquisition was profitable as well as users that their experiences will improve.

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12-13-2012 , 04:47 PM

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Shark Sandwich

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And that they're integrating new social initiatives into the experience

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12-13-2012 , 04:49 PM

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I see nothing wrong with that, sounds like they are trying to convince shareholders that the acquisition was profitable as well as users that their experiences will improve.

I know what they are trying to say - it's how they're saying it that is irking me.

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12-13-2012 , 04:54 PM

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Krayz

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Could get a nice game of buzzword bingo going on this.

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12-13-2012 , 04:54 PM

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We love Localmind's product - a platform that lets users crowdsource wisdom about what's happening on the local scene in real time.

That sentence makes me want to punch baby sloths.

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12-13-2012 , 04:55 PM

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Would you rather it said "Localmind lets users talk about local events"?

^ Investor: "HOLY **** BUY SHARES OF THAT NOW THIS **** IS FRESH"

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12-13-2012 , 05:02 PM

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Daer

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

Would you rather it said "Localmind lets users talk about local events"?

^ Investor: "HOLY **** BUY SHARES OF THAT NOW THIS **** IS FRESH"

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12-13-2012 , 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

Would you rather it said "Localmind lets users talk about local events"?

^ Investor: "HOLY **** BUY SHARES OF THAT NOW THIS **** IS FRESH"

Yeah, because the other wording is so blatantly hipster.

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12-13-2012 , 05:04 PM

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12-13-2012 , 05:20 PM

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CPHoya

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I think you're misjudging the intended audience for that press release.

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12-13-2012 , 05:24 PM

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That baby sloth gif is mesmerizing.

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12-13-2012 , 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CPHoya

I think you're misjudging the intended audience for that press release.

I know who it's aimed at and that is kinda why I find it so irritating. Just a bubble filled with people who don't see the ridiculousness of choosing to say:

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a platform that lets users crowdsource wisdom about what's happening on the local scene in real time

rather than:

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Localmind lets users talk about local events

i.e. the standard way of phrasing and explaining things is just unnecessarily twisted and warped.

The thing is, I wouldn't mind so much if you got the sense that the type of person who wrote that is in on the joke. But they wouldn't find it in anyway unusual to talk like that. Funny old world.

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12-13-2012 , 06:35 PM

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sportsjefe

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Which direction is is from, though? Is that release in 'business-speak' because the writer talks that way or because the writer thinks he won't be listened to if he doesn't talk that way?

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12-13-2012 , 06:43 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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All corporatespeak is AIDS. That block of text was probably slightly worse than average. But yeah the use of "crowdsource" makes me want to punch the next person I see wearing black-rimmed glasses right in the face.

They almost forgot to mention "global community" but then they barely got it in there in the penultimate sentence.

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12-13-2012 , 06:49 PM

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12-13-2012 , 06:52 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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lol nice undertitle

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12-13-2012 , 07:02 PM

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Searix

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Originally Posted by Das Boot

That baby sloth gif is mesmerizing.

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12-13-2012 , 07:03 PM

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but then they barely got it in there in the penultimate sentence.

Last edited by GusJohnsonGOAT; 12-13-2012 at 07:03 PM. Reason: Someone using this word correctly for a change.

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12-13-2012 , 07:09 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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I felt hipstery just using it there but whatever

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12-13-2012 , 07:21 PM

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Shark Sandwich

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The antepenultimate sentence was worse imo

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12-13-2012 , 07:33 PM

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CPHoya

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Not sure if making joke I think you're making.

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12-13-2012 , 07:45 PM

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Eltbus

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officially an alumnus! what the **** to do now? i'm becoming withered

Last edited by Eltbus; 12-13-2012 at 07:47 PM. Reason: i guess officially monday after holtz spits all over us

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12-13-2012 , 07:49 PM

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Noze

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You're now an unemployed alcoholic, congrats!

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12-13-2012 , 07:52 PM

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Karak

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Ugh ugh ugh

I really hate marketing and company bull****, but San Francisco 'start up culture' company bull**** is definitely the worst. Am I the only one who finds some of these sentences nauseating?