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"This is an interesting case. It seems like the group designed, built and shipped a pretty slick ratings app all in a bid to gather data."

Well, that's one way to spin it.

Gotta hand it to Kevin, he knows how to handle PR.

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more like TNW is just especially useless. of course oink was a bid to gather data, that's what all the rate-things apps are. except oink failed, nobody used it. if it was successful at gathering data, it would still be running.

Thanks, always wondered whether I was just useless or 'especially useless'. Remember that writing an article like this means explaining things that may not be as evident to the general public as they are to you. Thank you for reading though, I appreciate it.

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