Comments on: Automattic Acquires PollDaddy http://wphacks.com/automattic-acquires-poll-daddy/ WordPress Themes, Plugins, Hacks, Tutorials, and more! Mon, 21 May 2012 19:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stu McLaren http://wphacks.com/automattic-acquires-poll-daddy/#comment-3602 Stu McLaren Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:20:01 +0000 http://hackwordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-3602 Personally I don't have much experience with PollDaddy so it's hard for me to comment one way or another but how different is it from WP-Polls? I mean for a WordPress blog, WP-Polls works like a gem and I've had no other reason to look elsewhere. Am I missing something? Personally I don’t have much experience with PollDaddy so it’s hard for me to comment one way or another but how different is it from WP-Polls?

I mean for a WordPress blog, WP-Polls works like a gem and I’ve had no other reason to look elsewhere.

Am I missing something?

]]> By: Nathan Chapman http://wphacks.com/automattic-acquires-poll-daddy/#comment-3601 Nathan Chapman Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:40:17 +0000 http://hackwordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-3601 Hmm... As brilliant as it is, does it seem to anyone (and I do not mean this in a bad way) that Automattic are turned into a bit of a Google-of-blogging? They are buying a lot. Mind you, where Google buys things that aren't really related (eBay springs to mind), a polling system is used on blogs. On heaps of them. Almost all. Hmm... if you've bought it, why is it only a plugin? I suppose it may be too close to 2.7's release date to add such a big feature as built-in polling. Or is the plugin just for now? One last thing - isn't this how Firefox started? Small, fast and it worked. Then they added features and it started to slow. I hope the guys at WordPress can handle it. Nathan Hmm… As brilliant as it is, does it seem to anyone (and I do not mean this in a bad way) that Automattic are turned into a bit of a Google-of-blogging?

They are buying a lot. Mind you, where Google buys things that aren’t really related (eBay springs to mind), a polling system is used on blogs. On heaps of them. Almost all.

Hmm… if you’ve bought it, why is it only a plugin? I suppose it may be too close to 2.7′s release date to add such a big feature as built-in polling. Or is the plugin just for now?

One last thing – isn’t this how Firefox started? Small, fast and it worked. Then they added features and it started to slow. I hope the guys at WordPress can handle it.

Nathan

]]> By: VitaminCM http://wphacks.com/automattic-acquires-poll-daddy/#comment-3599 VitaminCM Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:29:08 +0000 http://hackwordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-3599 This is really cool. I spent about an hour fiddling with that flaky/unattractive Democracy plugin. The thing still won't work completely and it's gray. I was secretly wishing for this for about a year now. This is really cool. I spent about an hour fiddling with that flaky/unattractive Democracy plugin. The thing still won’t work completely and it’s gray.
I was secretly wishing for this for about a year now.

]]> By: Andrew http://wphacks.com/automattic-acquires-poll-daddy/#comment-3600 Andrew Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:14:57 +0000 http://hackwordpress.com/?p=1254#comment-3600 When I did a review of poll systems they certainly seemed the best, but, polls are easy to code and with Automattic's experience of scaling and their market penetration I imagine they could quite easily have out-done them. I suspect therefore that this is an acquisition for the Poll Daddy team and name rather than for the product itself. When I did a review of poll systems they certainly seemed the best, but, polls are easy to code and with Automattic’s experience of scaling and their market penetration I imagine they could quite easily have out-done them.

I suspect therefore that this is an acquisition for the Poll Daddy team and name rather than for the product itself.

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