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A somewhat redundant exercise given all the tweet archiving and indexing services that are around nowadays. I can't help but think there's nothing sinister or suspicious here and more likely an account compromise.
A somewhat redundant exercise given all the tweet archiving and indexing services that are around nowadays. I can't help but think there's nothing sinister or suspicious here and more likely an account compromise.
When preparing for lawsuits, often the lawyers will recommend silence, and making sure that there are no public statements that are misleading. Given that they've been making reassuring comments all along, this makes me assume things are very bad indeed. I must assume they've been advised to stop making reassuring comments and saying things that could make them liable for more damages in court...or, worse, make them guilty of fraud.
Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Anybody else got theories on why they'd do something so extreme? I certainly can't think of any positive reason for them to do so.
So, each bit of news coming out of Gox makes me more likely to assume the worst. When preparing for lawsuits, often the lawyers will recommend silence, and making sure that there are no public statements that are misleading. Given that they've been making reassuring comments all along, this makes me assume things are very bad indeed. I must assume they've been advised to stop making reassuring comments and saying thi…
An account compromise is possible.
Perhaps they're about to take some steps they'd previously publicly assured people they wouldn't, and don't want the obsolete assurances to be easy-to-reference.
So, each bit of news coming out of Gox makes me more likely to assume the worst. When preparing for lawsuits, often the lawyers will recommend silence, and making sure that there are no public statements that are misleading. Given that they've been making reassuring comments all along, this makes me assume things are very bad indeed. I must assume they've been advised to stop making reassuring comments and saying thi…
A somewhat redundant exercise given all the tweet archiving and indexing services that are around nowadays. I can't help but think there's nothing sinister or suspicious here and more likely an account compromise.
There was another news a couple of hours ago that they resigned from Bitcoin foundation board, so it indeed is very sinister https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=462
So, each bit of news coming out of Gox makes me more likely to assume the worst. When preparing for lawsuits, often the lawyers will recommend silence, and making sure that there are no public statements that are misleading. Given that they've been making reassuring comments all along, this makes me assume things are very bad indeed. I must assume they've been advised to stop making reassuring comments and saying thi…
On the other hand, destroying evidence once a lawsuit is filed is a definite no-no. But what's one more no-no in a career of no-no's? An account compromise is possible. Perhaps they're about to take some steps they'd previously publicly assured people they wouldn't, and don't want the obsolete assurances to be easy-to-reference.
But, I don't think deleting things from Twitter has ever been considered "destroying evidence" in court. But, I suppose there's a first for everything.
Usually, it'd be manipulating or deleting emails that have been subpoenaed, or other sorts of contractually binding documents (email can be a contractually binding document, Twitter probably not...yet). I dunno. Maybe we're about to see something interesting and new happen in the courts. I guess we're certain to, because Bitcoin hasn't had much play in the courts, yet. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
I'm vaguely concerned that things that should be civil matters may end up becoming criminal matters because of the way Bitcoin is viewed by law enforcement and states. But, then again, this may very well be something that should become a criminal matter. I don't know enough to know.