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Yahoo Buzz traffic shows why leaks are good for business

After Valleywag published leaked screenshots of Yahoo Buzz last month, Yahoo general counsel Michael Callahan sent a companywide email saying that the person who leaked Buzz "had been found and dealt with." In light of the Hitwise traffic statistics charted above, let's hope that "dealing with" our tipster meant Callahan personally fetched him or her an extra latte from Beantrees.

12:20 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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matto at 12:30 PM on 03/18/08
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You forget that aggresive failure is an integral part of Yahoo culture. Any chance of advantage or success must be nipped in the bud by overpaid, thimble-brained thugs like Callahan.
Dweezil at 02:11 PM on 03/18/08
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@matto: Increasing success by lowering expectation!
matto at 03:10 PM on 03/18/08
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@Dweezil: LETZ HUG AND BE PURPLE
Fidel on the Roof at 03:20 PM on 03/18/08
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@matto: Your are right. The YHOO culture will just reverse any gains. Maybe when the talent at FB jumps ship, YHOO can get a few good ideas and minds.
achates at 03:24 PM on 03/18/08
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Oh, come on. You can't let every engineer decide when to preannounce releases of new products. If the site had crashed under the unexpected load, you would have dumped on Yahoo for that, too.