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Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

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Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#41

This is abhorrently unimportant drama. TC has been a trash rag from the start, and their flaming dramatic burnout is just as trash as everything else they've ever published. Go away already. This is publicity coup 101 shit. DIAF.

Oh get off the high horse and allow those of us who are enjoying this soap opera to indulge in some "abhorrently unimportant drama". You have no guilty pleasures?

I don't know about you but I don't post my guilty pleasures on Hacker News

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#44
post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh get off the high horse and allow those of us who are enjoying this soap opera to indulge in some "abhorrently unimportant drama". You have no guilty pleasures?

I don't know about you but I don't post my guilty pleasures on Hacker News

Hacker News is my biggest guilty pleasure. I know what I should be doing ... but I like to feel involved in a community, so I post here. Picking up little bits of information is a bonus.

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#45
post #10

What do I have to do to never hear of this man again? EVER.

I paraphrase the FBI's cordial letter of November 1964 to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Arrington, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do [it]. … You are done. There is but one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy, abnormal fraudulent self is bared to the nation."

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#46

This is abhorrently unimportant drama. TC has been a trash rag from the start, and their flaming dramatic burnout is just as trash as everything else they've ever published. Go away already. This is publicity coup 101 shit. DIAF.

Oh get off the high horse and allow those of us who are enjoying this soap opera to indulge in some "abhorrently unimportant drama". You have no guilty pleasures?

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Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#47
The sourcing on this article is vague ("Fortune has learned that AOL executives have decided to terminate Arrington. It is unclear how this will officially occur"). As we have learned in the past week, even when AOL sources are on more solid footing the story seems to be quite slippery.

I feel bad for other TechCrunch employees who must be feeling very uncertain about their careers right now, in an already uncertain industry.

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#48
Who cares? Does anyone think that TC OR Arrington will become any less influential or important? If anything this is GREAT for Arrington. Lots of press about his new venture, lots of press about his legacy TC, and now he can act in an independent journalistic capacity (even with respect to his investment company) for his own purposes.

I just don't get why there are two stories every day about this on HN. (Nothing like TC drama to bring out the silent downvotes)

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#49
post #35

(throwaway account for the natural reasons) As an engineer at Aol, articles like this drive me crazy. I'm not 100% sold on the company's viability as it stands (MapQuest, AIM, and Moviefone don't really belong together), but I do want it to succeed. Bizzarre politicking played out publicly and the steady stream of internal emails stating "so-and-so got promoted and other-so-and-so is gone effective immediately" are g…

aol is not a software company. it is not a tech company either, and hasn't been for a long time. it was an ad-sales company until 2008 and now it is a media company.

@fleaflicker - You would be in a unique position to know!

"Touchdown Called Back: Fleaflicker Founder Buys Back Fantasy Sports Site From AOL"

"Over three years ago, we reported that AOL had acquired the New Jersey-based fantasy sports site Fleaflicker. It seemed like a touchdown for 26-year-old founder Ori Schwartz. Now it's looking more like a touchdown that was just called back."

"AOL has alerted members of the service today that Schwartz has bought back Fleaflicker. As of July 22, AOL will no longer be in control of the site which has dwindled under the control of our parent company. "While we love Fleaflicker (and our users love Fleaflicker), we wanted to find a home for the product where it can receive more love and attention," is the subtle middle finger in their FAQ."

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/22/fleaflicker-the-aol-way/

Re: Arrington out at AOL (for real this time)

#50
post #8

http://istechcrunchdeadyet.com/ "What happens if arrington leaves (as many founders do) "Site is done. He leaves, and his sources will follow him and he will setup shop elsewhere."

Ah, I should know with a domain like that to expect more than trollish drivel when describing sites that Abed has probably never even bothered to try to be a part of. Oh well.
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