#DeleteHQ: Trivia players are angry with HQ since it's raising $15 million with Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

Last July, the daily live trivia show, HQ, launched as an app. Players have a chance of winning anywhere from $1,500-$15,000 or more, depending on the game's generosity of the day (although winners split the pot, so that amount can be much less). Twice a day HQ asks 12 trivia questions (sometimes 15) with three multiple choice answers to choose from, and players get knocked out of the game if they click on a wrong answer. When I first started playing a few months ago, there might be 200,000 to 300,000 players at a time. But the game caught on quickly and nowadays HQ fans play with over 1-million others per game.

But that number might start to fall.

Last night Recode reported that HQ is raising $15 million, and that Founders Fund, "the venture firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, is expected to lead the round..." After Recode's report came a Twitter backlash, and the hashtag #DeleteHQ was unleashed. Ashley Feinberg from HuffPost asked people to delete the app.

please delete HQ I know I am https://t.co/RoouZtCADS #DELETEHQ pic.twitter.com/0htRCIm03y

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 2, 2018

And others chimed in...

Fuuuuck @hqtrivia provides a much needed break in the workday but their massive new investment from Peter Thiel is enough to make me #deleteHQ. He took away my number one love, Gawker. Fuck that guy.

— Katie Roscher (@ButtzGalore) February 2, 2018

I can't tell you how he'll do it, but I'm 100% sure Peter Thiel will use HQ to harvest your blood #deletehq https://t.co/al2FrY8Mnx

— Hell Is Empty, And All The Devils Run Тwitter (@kevinsearle7) February 2, 2018

@rus @ScottRogowsky @peterthiel @hqtrivia I like Scott and HQ Trivia but I dislike Peter so much more. I am deleting you and heading to @theqtrivia #deletehq CC: @ashleyfeinberg

— Ned Kandzor (@amazingzamboni) February 2, 2018

To summarize:

❌ Peter Thiel is now involved
❌ Alleged bad behavior by co-founder towards women
❌ It's not fun anymore anyway

Time to #DeleteHQ https://t.co/JNhwlCom8u

— Tim Baker ⛄️ (@IAmTimBaker) February 2, 2018

This last tweet by Tim is right on when he says it's not fun anymore. With or without Thiel, the game has had too many glitches, such as accidentally kicking off players (like me and everyone I know!) even when I've hit the correct answer, or freezing up so that I am forced to sit out a question, disqualifying me from the game. It's been kinda fun when things have gone smoothly, but I think I, too, will #DeleteHQ.

Via Mashable

https://youtu.be/7tm52YUrL_c