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TechCrunch is a bully

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Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by OoTheNigerian »

The easiest antidote to an article such as this is to out yourself. If everyone knew this was coming out, she most probably knew.

The advantage of her outing herself would be that it would be far less damaging and considering people love those that seek a sort of penance, something positive would have come out of her outing post.

It is not too late though. She should write, ask for forgiveness, NOT blame TechCrunch for her woes and move on. Everyone loves a comeback stor so this might end up having a positive outcome if told well.

Ironically, I did not read the post the first time I came across it. This post brought far more attention than the original one.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by se85 »

Come on people, she is a con artist! She deserved every last bit of it, and then some.

If only more con artists got destroyed like this in public, the world would be a better place for sure.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by robomc »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #48
famousactress wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, first off I don't give a fuck about the story, or the counter story, or people who photoshop themselves with celebrities, or people who care about whether people really know celebrities, or techcrunch. That said, I wanted to contrast the HN reaction to this story with the HN reaction to the kid who slept at AOL. I figure in both cases we're talking about someone who did something deceptive and wrong in the suppos…

That is a completely fair point. What is the difference? I see it as 'who is being scammed' and what is the harm done. Now in the kid's case he did use AOL resources which, had he not, they would have been used on AOL employees (thinking mostly food here, the energy/light/water usage is probably flat rate like it is in my facilities). He did not do monetary damage to AOL, nor reputational damage (he didn't represent…

Leaving aside the fraud question, my gut says if you hire someone as a consultant because you saw them in a bunch of photos with celebrities, or because you heard they went to xyz corporate parties, you deserve what happens.

Don't make lazy shallow hiring decisions, and don't make "meeting the right people" the key to your business plan, and this is never a problem for you.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by robomc »

unreal37 wrote: post #29
jamiequint wrote: post #8

I'm pretty sure if you misrepresent yourself that blatantly time and time again you deserve what is coming to you. "she has the top media company in the tech industry trying to take her down." Oh please, she blatantly lied many times about many things to high profile people. That is a story and its going to get written about by someone whether its Techcrunch or someone else.

What am I missing? What do you know that you're not saying? I can't find anything in the original TC article that said "she blatantly lied many times about many things to high profile people". Who did she lie to? What was the lie? Was it a lie or just an exaggeration? The TC article mentions Founders Fund a bunch, and not much else.

Tend to think the issue here is that start-ups are putting funds into hiring random people because they think it will help them suck up to celebrities and pseudo-celebrity investors, instead of concentrating on building worthwhile products.

If someone turns up saying "I invested in dropbox, I know Justin Timberlake, I worked at Founders Fund." and you say "Ok then, welcome aboard" because of that, then you're a dickhead.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by mcantelon »

softbuilder wrote: post #54

>It’s like reading a middle school girl’s diary. Exactly this. There was no point to the story. Sure, I'll buy that the lady is a headcase/creeper or whatever. But that's it? No real crimes detailed or list of people screwed over? It was just a finger-pointing "hate this person right here" piece. Cyberbullying doesn't just happen to kids.

Expose fraud isn't bullying. She's a grown woman who chose to risk her reputation by playing a con game. Most con artists get away with it: she didn't. Her being exposed will deter other would-be parasites. Good.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by chris_wot »

steve8918 wrote: post #12

I have no real interest in either side of this story, and Techcrunch isn't really on my rolodex of sites to read from. That being said, I don't think the original Techcrunch article was being a bully at all. The fact that she allegedly has gotten away with the simplest of social engineering tactics against a group that most likely thinks of themselves as at least smarter than average, was fairly interesting to me. It…

As I recently learned to my cost, it doesn't matter how smart you think you are, you can and probably will be deceived by someone eventually.

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by lmm »

robomc wrote: post #84
ChuckMcM wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a completely fair point. What is the difference? I see it as 'who is being scammed' and what is the harm done. Now in the kid's case he did use AOL resources which, had he not, they would have been used on AOL employees (thinking mostly food here, the energy/light/water usage is probably flat rate like it is in my facilities). He did not do monetary damage to AOL, nor reputational damage (he didn't represent…

Leaving aside the fraud question, my gut says if you hire someone as a consultant because you saw them in a bunch of photos with celebrities, or because you heard they went to xyz corporate parties, you deserve what happens. Don't make lazy shallow hiring decisions, and don't make "meeting the right people" the key to your business plan, and this is never a problem for you.

How naive and self-righteous. Such people "deserve" to be defrauded? Because they acknowledged the reality that funding often depends more on who you know than the merits of your product, and tried to work around it and get on with what they actually wanted to do rather than getting sidetracked on all the little injustices of the world? Because you consider the funded model of starting a business to be fundamentally invalid or immoral, never mind all the evidence of the last three centuries?

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by angryasian »

unreal37 wrote: post #56
angryasian wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i thought it was mentioned many startups paid for her contracting services because of her so called connections. as far as I'm concerned thats fraud.

Name one that says they were defrauded? And shouldn't they be suing over that? More innuendo not backed up by any proof in the article. Not even one quote from anonymous CEOs to be had.

well im not sure what the details are but isn't founders fund bringing her to trial for something ?

Re: TechCrunch is a bully

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Post by nameuserc »

samstave wrote: post #61
uid wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what the hell.. this thread is certainly being derailed very quickly. discredit the facts in the story, not the guy who hired the guy who used to run the site or whatever

"...not the guy who hired the guy who used to run the site or whatever" That is why we are referring to the DNA of the company... Meaning that its founder's character sets the tone for the future of the company... This is fact, as founders hire people whom they believe will carry on the traits they themselves want to instill in the company... Arrington, while successful, is a farking douchebag. The whole of techcrunc…

Of course there are people working at TC who are not douchebags. Just like there are probably people working at Pool who are not douchebags. But these are not the founders the company nor those who are responsible for setting the standards and the course for the company.
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