It's sad, I remember greplin had a lot of things going for them.<p>In general re: shutdowns:<p>If the economics aren't red ink or a white elephant, why not find a buyer or merge with a frenemy instead of throwing away value and customers?<p>Most shutdowns appear to me like putting 30 packs of $100 bills on a table, pouring gasoline over them and throwing a lit match while rationalizing "Everybody does it, so it's okay. Look at 'em go!"<p>For apps, building things that cost basically nothing[0] to run and letting them have sufficient time to grow on their own. Rinse. Lather. Repeat faster.<p>[0] auto-scaling & revenue covering costs.<p>--<p>"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." - Sir F. Bacon