[flipstewart]

This could come in handy. Thanks for the link.

[roto]

OK, who was I just playing tetris with? Come forward you!

I win, level 1.

[chaos.dave]

i have used Meebo on the odd occasion that my MSN messenger has decided to break on me.

Its good in emergencies. I've never really had to use it that much otherwise though.
I suppose it provides a convenient service for other people though.

[roto]

Right then, so was it you?

[roto]

Congrats to the folks at Meebo:

AOL Gets It Right With Open AIM 2.0 - Embraces Meebo...

[pontypete]

sweet

Come Chat, you know you want to!

[ChrisDN]

Yea I love Meebo, been using it for several months.

[Anxious]

I didn't know about Meebo. Very handy tool!!

[roto]

Originally Posted by Anxious

I didn't know about Meebo. Very handy tool!!

It's more handy than you think once you become an (addict) user. I'm still waiting for someone to challenge me to a bit of Tetris. You see that link in my sig?

[edit]
Anxious starts out slow but comes back to win 3 in a row to take the "Connect 4" best of 5 series from roto...

2 fucking time wasters right there!
[/edit]

[cjgraphix]

I use it on the iphone. it's great!

[ztarven]

Wow, that's really useful, thanks for sharing it.

[roto]

Originally Posted by ztarven

Wow, that's really useful, thanks for sharing it.

...and you certainly are a spamcocking get-to-fifteener. Buh bye...

[nini]

yeah i use meebo everyday on me iphone too

[jenkinsta]

Originally Posted by dtrenz

the name really bothers me.

i'm sick of web 2.0 being cute.

i'm gonna create a revolutionary AJAX-powered Ruby/Rails CMS that will connect people through collaborative filtering and wipe your ass for you at the same time.

i call it:

poopsybeta

I am going back to build Console Applications more efficient and not so cute.

[roto]

Tagged as possible spam...

[jp2]

Meebo are a great service. Didn't they recently raise another round of funding and are now valued at something crazy like $250 million? (Something like that anyway).

I'm really looking forward to seeing these large 2.0 companies (meebo, twitter etc) try and implement their non-excitant business models.

[roto]

Originally Posted by jp2

non-excitant

...and I'm really sure they'd value your opinion.

How do you know Meebo doesn't have a business model? They're innovative, very soundly organized and they got the attention of AOL which recently brought OPEN AIM to market and are now a business partner. I don't think that's something you can say is non-existent.

Your criticism above seems a bit biased and is likely due to the fact that you haven't had a look around their site to learn more about all of the talented people behind the scenes. As mentioned above, I'd STILL go work for them in a heartbeat if I didn't already love what my current job.

[jp2]

I think you've missed my point.

Yeah, they've got a lot of good people working there. Yeah, they've got good traction and a big userbase, yeah they have a sweet service. -- That doesn't mean they have a business model.

Right now they're paying for everything using their VC money (which they've recently milked dry which is why they have just raised another round).

I'm not trying to rag on meebo at all. I said in my first post that they're a great service. They might have some awesome money making idea up their sleeve but right now they don't have an obvious way to make money. I mealy said it would be interesting to watch them implement it.

[roto]

Originally Posted by jp2

Right now they're paying for everything using their VC money (which they've recently milked dry which is why they have just raised another round).

Fair enough on all your points above, but where are you getting that bit of information? Do you have friends on the inside?

I'm sure it's obvious from my posts throughout this thread, but I'd gladly pay for an upgraded Meebo service if they were to ever offer it. Not having to have 5 different IM clients installed on my machine is invaluable. Their fun meebo widget offering (which is linked to in my signature -- and some of you dters have challenged me via) are actually a great possible platform for a facet of web-based customer support.

I feel they have a ton of untapped revenue streams which could make the company valuable, but that said, Meebo's goal is likely to build the ultimate web-based IM platform and sell it for buku bucks.

[jp2]

but where are you getting that bit of information? Do you have friends on the inside?

Meebo are covered pretty closely on blogs like techcrunch, mashable and readwriteweb.