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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:14:53 JST Evan Prodromou

   Every once in a while I start feeling like I'm a big deal and then I read that my Crunchbase rank is 151,395 and I feel a little more humble.

   https://www.crunchbase.com/person/evan-prodromou

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:16:35 JST Evan Prodromou

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     I didn't even know what a Crunchbase Rank was until 90 seconds ago and now I am determined with every fiber of my being to win at Crunchbase.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:17:35 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Tim Bray

     I'm pretty sure @timbray took that photo, too.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:21:28 JST Tim Bray

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     @evan TIL Crunchbase is really out of date.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 07:23:09 JST Tim Bray

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     @evan Yeah and I don't recall Crunchbase asking my permission for commercial use.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 00:02:39 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • mlinksva

     @mlinksva i just rechecked and now I'm at 13K so I think it may be more about web hits than anything else.

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     mlinksva (mlinksva@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 00:02:40 JST mlinksva

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     @evan I did not know CB rank was a thing, but (1) memories of Klout and (2) glancing at a few obvious (eg famous VCs, CEOs) profiles it seems you "win" (are not ranked) if you have identified investments.

     Or maybe higher ranks just don't show unless you pay CB (which is why I rarely look at it, probably going to hit $-only data/paywall long before finding whatever I wanted to know).

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 00:12:37 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • mlinksva

     @mlinksva it is fun, though, to read very old articles about identi.ca and realize that the shortcomings mentioned are just as relevant today as they were then.

     https://techcrunch.com/2008/07/04/the-problem-with-identica-is-that-it-is-not-twitter/