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That's the business model? It's a proven failure. 'Front-money now and figure out how to actually turn a profit later' is the exact business model the dot-coms used, and Seattlites should know as well as anyone how that turned out.

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That's a funny thing for a huge media (and blog) consumer like yourself to suggest.

Also, whether or not the Slog does a post about this phenomenon has little impact, in the end, on whether the phenomenon occurs. I don't want to dispel your notions of an all-powerful Slog, but between you and me, we don't control major economic trends or major technological advances.

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