I received this email...
Thank You.
That's the first thing that we wanted to say. We have some bad news. The crisis in the economy has claimed Uber as its latest victim. Our investors have decided to stop supporting Uber and we have closed the doors. We would like to thank them too; it’s no fault of theirs that this happened. On the contrary, without their unflinching support we would never have made it this far, and they have stood by us and tried desperately to help us realize our dreams.
The site will be inactive as of Monday September 29, 2008.
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uber.com was a great site for posting pictures, a new site could be created in mins.
All free. I was disappointed, at first, but...
After a week or so, a second email:
"There's A Chance To Save Uber.com"
In the past week we’ve had a flood of great feedback and support from all of you. Thank you again. That activity brought us several opportunities from different companies that could keep the doors open here and one of these companies, sharenow.com, has graciously bought us some more time to figure out if there is a fit. We hope you’ll not only stick with us through this next month, but even POST EVERY DAY! The more activity we get, the better chance we have to keep this going. [...]
This is what a community is, this is Web2.0 "
