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I have three phrases for Y Combinator blog commenters: BENCH WARMERS. TROLLS. LOSERS WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN RISKS IN THEIR LIVES OR OPENED THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC OR PERSONAL ATTACK. - John Pratt (yes, it's me)
I have three phrases for Y Combinator blog commenters: BENCH WARMERS. TROLLS. LOSERS WHO HAVE NEVER TAKEN RISKS IN THEIR LIVES OR OPENED THEMSELVES TO PUBLIC OR PERSONAL ATTACK. - John Pratt (yes, it's me)
Seriously, you need to cut out the coffee, stat.
If you comment on tech blogs like this, you're probably a loser. People who accomplish things don't have time to leave comments in tech blogs unless there are stories written about them. That means if you are reading this, you are probably a loser. Sorry, fags. -John Pratt (yes, it's me)
("Fags"? Really? This from a grown-up? Utterly bizarre. Is this a fake account or something? It's done well, if so.)
In the end, "ideas" are worthless. It's implementation that leads to success; you actually have to build the better mousetrap.
I got new iPhone. Now what's next. I got new Mac OS. Now what's next. I read the Y Combinator news feed. Major drama from some nutjob who ruined his company and was a douchebag. Ha ha. Cool. Now what's next. I read the TechCrunch page. Now what's next. What's Apple working on next? Ok. What's Google working on next? Ok, I found out. Now, what's next? What does Tim O'Reilly say is the next thing? Ok. What does Cory Do…
I had never heard of fundable.com or you prior to the exposure initiated by this thread. I started looking up the all the background information I could and I tried (hard) to not pass undue judgment. The problem is not so much what others wrote about you or your business, the problem is what you wrote. In your messages you start (somewhat) rational and reasonable, albeit frustrated (for reasons anyone can understand). Then as you are coming to wrap-up of what you write, you say something that really makes me cringe. I don't know how or why you do it, but seriously, before you post something I urge you to sit on the text for a couple of hours before pressing that submit button.
Your name is attached to that shit.
(yeah yeah, feeding the troll, bbye karma -- should I have any)
Wow. Pratt's obsession with Kickstarter "ripping off" Fundable is especially silly considering that both are essentially variants of Kelsey and Schneier's Street Performer Protocol, published in 1998 [1]. (That paper is not even the first instance of the basic idea, just one of the most well-known.) Edited to add: I'd be really interested to see one of these sites implement the Rational Street Performer Protocol [2],…
Perfect example of "Lets kick the guy when he is down", and Seriously why is this even here? I rest my case.
And frankly, Michael Pusateri's response at the end was pretty wonderful.
Wow, that's one of those emails that he should have put in a drawer for a day and then torn up without ever sending it.