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In the last 30 minutes they fixed the misspelling but kept the text as it is. This means someone is currently following this problem and thinks they are in the
by s5edvvddd 11y ago
In the last 30 minutes they fixed the misspelling but kept the text as it is. This means someone is currently following this problem and thinks they are in the right by doing this.
- phpnode 11y agoThis behaviour is absolutely incredible, probably the most tone-deaf response I've ever seen.
- deepnet 11y agoGood catch. The vitriol was spelt LIIVECODING now it has been corrected to LIVECODING - wow, just wow.
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- nickysielicki 11y agoIt's like watching sourceforge implode all over again.
- austenallred 11y agoThis is incredible. I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. A company blatantly pissing off much of its would-be userbase and sticking to its grossly incompetent guns, obviously not caring at all. I literally cannot imagine a way they could handle this more poorly.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoThis has to be mental illness or drugs. Completely bizarre.
- brighteyes 11y agoAnother possibility, but not a likely one, is that the site has been hacked by someone that is trying to make them look as bad as possible.
- facetube 11y agoYeah, their CEO. cymbal
- brazzledazzle 11y agoUnless this hacker was able to get the COO's HN account as well that seems unlikely. And even then a call to someone at YC to jump into the thread and let everyone know it was a hack wouldn't be too hard.
- DanBC 11y agoBit frustrating that you see poor behaviour that's hard to understand and leap to "mentally ill", rather than "scumbag".
- austenallred 11y agoThat's just trying desperately to give the benefit of the doubt. "Surely no one would be this bad on purpose."
- brazzledazzle 11y agoAs austenallred mentioned, I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.
- DanBC 11y agoBut by linking mental illness to scumbag behaviour you're making life worse for all the people with mental illness who aren't scumbags - which is most of them.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoA group that I am a member of. Perhaps I'm biased but I don't feel like my life is particularly worsened. I've had the misfortune of bearing witness to paranoia fueled by both mental illness and drug abuse (and a combination of both). I've also worked with and for unapologetic assholes. There are things about this case and his communications that have me leaning toward the former.
- yokohummer7 11y agoI wonder why they didn't fix the plus sign.