Customer acquisitions

[Alex]

In a pretty interesting move Threadloom has just been acquired by VerticalScope in what looks like a way for VS to get a good grip on some powerful, data-driven tools for their vast communities.

Congrats to the ThreadLoom team. I don't use the products myself but they are clearly popular with a good team behind them, so I'd guess the process will be all bust invisible for their customers.

Of course, when larger and larger companies are running through your site's data you have to wonder how much of your site is still yours, truly. While we always own the lock and key to our websites (right?) there is powerful tech out there that increasingly controls how others find us and even changes how they see our content.

The tools behind ThreadLoom seem to be built with good intentions for the independent site owner, and with these kinds of acquisitions you always hope to see it stay that way. With a vested interest to use the tool for their own network I'm curious to see how skewed the development of the product will be in favor of VS customers first, or if the entire service will still thrive in unison.

Let ThreadLoom's success serve as an example to the scale it is possible to build our own visions into and to keep pressing forward!

 

[Ray]

Generally speaking, the customer almost always loses in M&A's.

But hey, this is a win for Threadloom and VerticalScope—congrats to both teams...good luck to Threadloom users.

 

[Holly Lisle]

In a pretty interesting move Threadloom has just been acquired by VerticalScope in what looks like a way for VS to get a good grip on some powerful, data-driven tools for their vast communities.

Congrats to the ThreadLoom team. I don't use the products myself but they are clearly popular with a good team behind them, so I'd guess the process will be all bust invisible for their customers.

Of course, when larger and larger companies are running through your site's data you have to wonder how much of your site is still yours, truly. While we always own the lock and key to our websites (right?) there is powerful tech out there that increasingly controls how others find us and even changes how they see our content.

The tools behind ThreadLoom seem to be built with good intentions for the independent site owner, and with these kinds of acquisitions you always hope to see it stay that way. With a vested interest to use the tool for their own network I'm curious to see how skewed the development of the product will be in favor of VS customers first, or if the entire service will still thrive in unison.

Let ThreadLoom's success serve as an example to the scale it is possible to build our own visions into and to keep pressing forward!

As someone who just bought XFtoWP, who's going to be supporting the plugin?

 

[Alex]

As someone who just bought XFtoWP, who's going to be supporting the plugin?

Myself, the developer, and my small and humble team.

FWIW I wrote this blog post about another company in the XF sphere to offer thoughts nobody asked for about their acquisition.

 

[Holly Lisle]

I'm happy. As long as you're the guys still supporting your software, that's a big win for me. Thank you.

 

[Alex]

I'm happy. As long as you're the guys still supporting your software, that's a big win for me. Thank you.

Oh, absolutely, and with no plans to change that. There is a very bright future for XFtoWP.