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Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by chx »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #185
chx wrote: post #181

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It is neither wrong nor is it misinformed. Do you remember why Thiel invested in Confinity which became PayPal? Because he thought a digital wallet could lead to “the erosion of the nation-state”. If it's not self evident to you why that's a bad thing perhaps read https://eand.co/how-america-collapsed-and-became-a-fourth-wo... Max Chafkin argues that Thiel “has been responsible for creating the ideology that has come…

It's fine to want the erosion of the nation-state, but Thiel specifically wants to replace it with a monarch, not a free society

> It's fine to want the erosion of the nation-state,

this is crazy talk. Sorry.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by SamReidHughes »

senttoschool wrote: post #131
extent-connifer wrote: post #59

(Throwaway because it’s a small world) This is disappointing. YC needs a fresh perspective. Recycling older members is not a positive sign for continued innovation. I wouldn’t point to “HODL diamond hands” crypto hype (suddenly disappeared..) and personal brand-building content creation as the type of leadership YC needs at this stage. Specifically in this, someone who has been running a large VC fund for the past ha…

>I wouldn’t point to “HODL diamond hands” crypto hype (suddenly disappeared..) This is my biggest worry. I'd have preferred a non-crypto-junkie. This is Gary saying that ETH will go up to $10k soon: https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1402648829732614146 It went to $1k instead. At times, following Gary on Twitter felt like following a dumb crypto bro. Everyone looks like a genius during a bull market and 0% interest…

> This is Gary saying that ETH will go up to $10k soon:

Well actually,

1. He didn't say it will go up to $10k "soon." That video is talking about long-term performance.

2. ETH is down just ~~27%~~ 41% since that video, and has moved farther up than down.

3. It's only been a year since the video, which is talking about The Merge as one of the factors behind this belief, and The Merge hasn't happened yet.

4. Quote from the video: "It's not really gonna be that smooth a ride to $10000."

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by daniel-cussen »

hellomyguys wrote: post #146
smcl wrote: post #51

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What's the story here, did this happen a lot or something?

From my understanding he autoblocks anyone who likes a tweet that pushes back on his political takes.

Messages just like it are evenly diffused with death threats. That's why.

I've gotten death threats, no joke. Hitman showed up at my house one time. No joke.

No joke.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by smcl »

hellomyguys wrote: post #146
smcl wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the story here, did this happen a lot or something?

From my understanding he autoblocks anyone who likes a tweet that pushes back on his political takes.

OK so I was waiting for a reply like this that explained the accusation. I read this, liked a few @garrytan replies that weren't positive and ... it appears I'm now blocked!? What the hell!!??

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

#195

Post by shuckles »

smcl wrote: post #171
shuckles wrote: post #122

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John Hamasaki is a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco who was a former member of the police commission. He seems to advertise himself by being intentionally incendiary, making up lies like the police get paid overtime to participate (i.e. walk) in the pride parade. There is also a group of people around him who amplify his lies. I can imagine people being fed up with being the target of his harassment, which…

This seemed to be about some board of education thing though - Garry's tweet features a screenshot saying "THANK YOU for donating to our campaign to recall the school board..." but it's aimed at the Hamasaki guy.

Hamasaki takes sides and works with prolific accounts over any salient prog vs. mod local political issue. The fact that the topic in the screenshot had to do with the BOE recall specifically is pretty irrelevant. He had probably been harassing Garry for any local political position for months. Unfortunately, Hamasaki also recently deleted months of tweets to clean up his image for a local election run, so it’s hard to find citations.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

#196

Post by smcl »

smcl wrote: post #172
Dma54rhs wrote: post #169

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So as an outsider who is literally just trying to piece this together, it doesn't seem extreme or left-wing at all. Can you explain why this is an extreme left wing talking point?

HOLY SHIT no way this is ridiculous, I just wanted to check something that sounded "crazy" and it's true. I liked about 5 anti @garrytan replies as a test and I am unable to tweet or retweet! What the fuck!!!

Are you serious! Garry I pay for one of your fucking services I just wanted to check that these people were WRONG not that they were correct. What the hell.

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by Uhhrrr »

NelsonMinar wrote: post #188
sandofsky wrote: post #136

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I'm seeing many people say you've blocked them without ever having interacted with you. Many have jumped to the conclusion that you simply block people who disagree with your politics. I don't tweet about SF politics, but after I tweeted this, you replied tell me it's funny but wrong, and then blocked me: https://twitter.com/sandofsky/status/1491167231467999236 Which is fine. I block plenty of people. I also mute peo…

I'm in the blocked club and have no idea why. Here's the one tweet I ever sent @garrytan, responding to his reply to me: https://twitter.com/nelson/status/1185919273065041925 . (I'm happy to report that business reopened with new owners and the rumor was the old owners just went broke.) I agree blocking people is fine and should be stigma free. But Mr. Tan's framing of his reasons for blocking seems at odds with the…

I'm in the blocked club and have never interacted with him!

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by smcl »

smcl wrote: post #196
smcl wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So as an outsider who is literally just trying to piece this together, it doesn't seem extreme or left-wing at all. Can you explain why this is an extreme left wing talking point?

HOLY SHIT no way this is ridiculous, I just wanted to check something that sounded "crazy" and it's true. I liked about 5 anti @garrytan replies as a test and I am unable to tweet or retweet! What the fuck!!! Are you serious! Garry I pay for one of your fucking services I just wanted to check that these people were WRONG not that they were correct. What the hell.

I can't do shit on Twitter:

https://imgur.com/a/OBnVpUI

Cool! Ok so, confirmed. Garry Tan is a sinister guy. Glad I asked here!

Edit: Sorry but how is this downvoted to zero? I have done nothing except add five "likes" to Twitter and my account is now banned there. This is insane. I was pro-or-neutral-Garry at the start of this convo, he was just the Posterous guy. Now my Twitter is gone. What the hell?

Edit 2: uhh so how do you get an account back?

Re: Welcome Home, Garry Tan

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Post by replwoacause »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #186
replwoacause wrote: post #175

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Can you elaborate? I'm seeing a lot of positive things said about him here so contrarian viewpoints make me genuinely curious.

working to advance surveillance state, pro-cop activism and political action, shilling crypto pump and dumps, gig economy, etc good returns for investors on a lot of the above hence the interest and respect from business community. simple as that, accumulated dollars talk. someone can be a ghoul and a charlatan and still be pleasant, friendly, helpful on a personal level to many.

Thanks for the info, I’ll go read up on him some more to see what I can find. If any of this is true, he sounds like an odd choice for the CEO of YC.
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