DailyStrength Has been Acquired

Several months ago I wrote a post about a website called dailystrength.org. If you are looking to learn more about Daily Strength check out my old post. The reason I bring this up is because the site has now been acquired for $3.13M by HSW International. TechCrunch reported on earlier this month. The company that has acquired Daily Strength has presence in China and Brazil. I am not entirely sure what this means for the company. The comments on Tech Crunch are also a bit disturbing.

Daily Strength

DailyStrength is a website that offers answers to health and life challenges as well as a wide variety of support tools. The site enables users to create and track their progress towards specific goals, create their own support groups, and read consumer reviews of more than 500 drugs, treatments, and alternative therapies. For example, the site offers a Tooth Grinding support group of which there are currently 133 members. The latest activity is displayed in a side bar and information is provided primarily from Wikipedia. There are also several people looking for advice on wisdom teeth. The site allows you to see the members who are online, offer them hugs, share stories by video, photo and text. People can also designate themselves as members in need and you can chat live with others. The site prides itself in being free … Read more