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I wonder how many new signups they've gotten in the past 2 weeks. Does "any press is good press" apply in this case?

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That would be the equivalent of people buying more eggs after a salmonella outbreak.

One could argue that's the safest time to buy eggs, since recalls will err toward false positives.

One could argue that, but I'm not sure what recalled eggs relates to in this analogy?

Closest thing would have to be new user accounts, but then the analogy definitely falls apart since you can't just double the size of your QA team and check each account before it goes to market. The security issues aren't remotely so well contained.

Adulterous... eggs.

I suddenly want an omelet.

Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, smart guy.

More like a spike in sales of sprouts after a food scandal because people only become aware of the offer through the press coverage

So business as usual then?

Edit: not sure why I'm getting downvoted. There was a study that showed food recalls have an impact on purchasing but it wasn't huge, people certainly didn't stop. Though I can't find the article I had read a long time ago about this.

Oh well.

I don't know either, it was a little short, sort of a non comment I guess.

but It wasn't really objectionable or anything.

I actually first heard about airbnb in 2011, the time they were all over the startup news because someone's house was trashed. At the time I thought "this is terrible, but this service sounds great!" and I've used it many times since. In fact, I'm sitting in an airbnb right now.

Probably the best time to do it. The DB has already been released without your email address in it, so you can "prove" you're not on it. I also suspect the competition of users is lower now...

Assuming that they actually plugged the hole. No way of knowing if the original hackers no longer have access / the ability to access.

Unless there's a reason to believe that (your gender) is more likely to have been scared off by the data release than (opposite gender), I'm not sure there's a reason to think lowered competition will help you.

Well, at least now I know that there are services like Ashley Madison. I was never aware that such services existed before the breach. Now, when I hear about a certain service similar to this one, I'll always connect it with what Ashley Madison offered.

After some time, there is a possibility that I will forget about the breach, but I don't think that there's a possibility that I will forget about Ashley Madison as a company.

I could see people using it after the hack itself, figuring that they're well-protected enough to not need to worry. But I don't know how they survive the revelation that there are basically zero women on the site.

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