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Active Rain vs. Move

I'm a nosey busybody.  But everyone already knew that.   I came across this on Inman's blog

"ActiveRain, an online real estate blogging community and social network with about 47,000 members, has filed a lawsuit against property-search giant Move Inc. that seeks millions in damages and alleges that Move broke the law when it backed out of an acquisition plan and launched its own blogging platform."

So far, I haven't come across any other information, and of course, I'm curious.  I'd like to know more.  Any one else know more than the Inman post?

27 comments • Cheryl Johnson • September 27 2007 02:28PM

Comments

Interesting.  I'm parked, waiting. 
Posted by Sarah Cooper (Real Estate Shows) over 4 years ago
Hi Cheryl. I hadn't heard of that. If its true....I will NEVER use Move Inc.'s blogging platform. I am a loyal AR member and I love this platform and what it and the people here have done for me. I have no desire to go anywhere else. :)
Posted by Pamela Williamson Team Clayton, Missouri Real Estate (Dielmann Sotheby's International Realty) over 4 years ago
Move, Inc. is closely affiliated with Realtor.com (if not it's parent company)... I haven't heard about this yet, but I too would like to find out more.  I'll be checking back...
Posted by The Entire Team of Price & Company Professionals (Price & Company Realty) over 4 years ago
 ... interesting ...
Posted by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Realty) over 4 years ago
Parked....
Posted by Stephanie Edwards-Musa, Realtor ® Spring/Woodlands, TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors ®) over 4 years ago
OK...you got my attention. Is this a sign of AR's future?
Posted by Gary L Waters PLLC- Broker Associate Realtor® Melbourne Viera Rockledge FL (Century 21 Baytree Realty, 1211 Admiralty Blvd, Rockledge) over 4 years ago
Move Inc. is a publicly traded company, and operates both Move.com and REALTOR.com. Here's a press release from last week that talks about their blog program. I didn't see anything on their Investor Relations page that referenced the lawsuit.
Posted by John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace) over 4 years ago
I've been googling my fingers raw, but I still haven't hit on any other information..... Not giving up yet.....
Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 4 years ago
Cheryl, Interesting.  I'll be revisiting to see what anyone finds out.
Posted by Laura Cerrano and Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City/Feng Shui Manhattan ) over 4 years ago
Sounds unfortunate for ActiveRain.  There will be another buyer though.  Move would have been a great fit and it is their (move's loss).  But it seems like they hired Dustin Luther a long time ago to start Move's blogging platform.  
Posted by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty) over 4 years ago

John, thank you for the link.  Quite frankly, if Realtor.com purchased Active Rain, I'm not sure I'd want to stick around.

Posted by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors) over 4 years ago
I think I'm with Patricia on that one.  I'm not a fan of either of the other sites.
Posted by Stephanie Edwards-Musa, Realtor ® Spring/Woodlands, TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors ®) over 4 years ago

http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=64711

Passed to me by a friend.

Posted by Sarah Cooper (Real Estate Shows) over 4 years ago

interesting... Judging from the Inman article, it seems that AR was led to believe that Move was going to acquire it therefore AR disclosed some confidential materials to Move. It's really too bad that this has happened. It's definitely sneaky on Move's part. But I frankly won't blog on Move since it seems that they are more of a realtor-centric platform. Active Rain is growing strong and I doubt Move can diminish that with their copycat platform. But it's definitely something I would want to find out in the long run!

Cheers,

Cindy 

Posted by Cindy Lin (Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns // EcoJoe) over 4 years ago
I'm sorry to see the Active Rain boys loose out on a potential sale in the millions, but I'm not sure I'd be happy to see Move become the parent company of Active Rain....
Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 4 years ago

Great ideas get copied.  It seems really naive to think that you can create an extremely popular site like this one and expect no one to try to duplicate it.

REALTOR® magazine was writing about Active Rain a year ago.  The folks in Chicago have had their eye on what goes on here for a long time.

Posted by Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes over 4 years ago

CJ,

I definitely agree with that. I like AR as it is. I also understand they gotta pay rent too ;) Hopefully the advertising program will help with that.

Cheers,

Cindy 

Posted by Cindy Lin (Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns // EcoJoe) over 4 years ago
Here's the offical Active Rain post:  http://activerain.com/blogs/activerain
Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 4 years ago
Hey, do ya think that if Active Rain does get sold for several million ... maybe I can cash in my points for $$?  <s>
Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 4 years ago

Good catch...here the scoop from the horses mouth.... I think AR deserved better and Move knew better!

http://activerain.com/blogsview/218498/Regarding-Today-s-Inman

Posted by Michele Connors, Broker in Charge (Coldwell Banker First Realty Morehead City) over 4 years ago
Sweet... let's hope it's dollar per point! LOL
Posted by Cindy Lin (Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns // EcoJoe) over 4 years ago

Sorry to hear about all this, but kudos to Active Rain for posting links to the actual court documents so anyone can judge for themselves.

Posted by Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS (ALVA International, Inc.) over 4 years ago
The Active Rain Blog has the legal papers, but who wants to wade through all of that?? I have NO idea what the issue is.
Posted by Mary Pope-Handy, ABR, CRS, ePRO, SRES, ASP (Sereno Group Real Estate) over 4 years ago
Go to the Official Active Rain blog, they have scanned the legal documents.  In a nutshell Move.com was going to buy ActiveRain.com but after receiving all the confidential information including all the info on us, pulled out of the deal at the last minute.  Now Move.com is building a new platform based on AR's model and secrets they acquired during the acquition.
Posted by Bradenton Real Estate - Linda Reynolds over 4 years ago

There are some fascinating discussions about this going on over at Bloodhound Blog:

  http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/

Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 4 years ago
Cheryl - Thank you for bring this to my attention I had no idea this was happening.
Posted by Jennifer Fivelsdal Rhinebeck Real Estate (Serving Dutchess| Columbia|Ulster Ctys (LIC. R.E. Broker JFIVE Home Realty LLC ) over 4 years ago
Cheryl - Thank you for bring this to my attention I had no idea this was happening.
Posted by Jennifer Fivelsdal Rhinebeck Real Estate (Serving Dutchess| Columbia|Ulster Ctys (LIC. R.E. Broker JFIVE Home Realty LLC ) over 4 years ago

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