And we've debated the point internally about the text a lot. Much of it is in the Tour section once you log in and expand the page for the "Cookie Been". But we may bring it out once again. Thanks!
We are releasing a public version of Been this week, and would love for you to try us out. Been bookmarking is functionally novel in two ways: (i) it's designed for quick, real-time collaboration among small, private groups of friends and family. And, (ii) its graphical UI (very much like a "heads-up display”) enables uninterrupted organization and review of pages while users surf.
We introduce a twist. We want users to own their own tracking cookie alternative (which is what Been user data can become). We will not share user data with third parties. Instead, Been will facilitate the voluntary exchange of data between users and companies. We think this is a better way, and bookmarking is a good place to start.
Been is fully functional regardless of whether people ever choose to share their data with companies. Our alternative to cookies is “merely” a byproduct but an important option that is available whenever users become comfortable with this new approach and companies prepare for a different way to get their message to customers.
One more thing, for the month of December, we are conducting 3 weekly drawings for new iPad Mini Retinas for users (“Magic Been Hunt”). Directions are posted @beenpod. To play, you just need to add a designated URL (to be tweeted) to your Been collections by the weekly deadline using our add-on.
True, but don't you think it's a dumbbell distribution? A lot of the smartest PhDs who don't land the top academic jobs decide that going to a less academically challenging school is not worth their while? So a lot of them are not leaving in disgust, they're being pulled by better things ...
Isn't this the exception that proves the rule? And I don't think very many academics at top universities leave the field, unless it's to do something they might think is more interesting, not to leave in disgust (perhaps a fine distinction, but a distinction nevertheless).
The sad thing is that they are capitalized by so many public and private pension funds ... pension participants are unwittingly sapping a core engine of growth.