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Can we please stop submitting and upvoting things like this. There is literally zero value in articles like this. These are no better than national inquirer art

Can we please stop submitting and upvoting things like this. There is literally zero value in articles like this. These are no better than national inquirer articles and should just be banned wholesale. I've already flagged. If a few more people flag it it will drop off the front page.

reviseddamage 11y ago
nah
wpietri 11y ago
I strongly disagree. There is always value in policing the powerful. If we're going to celebrate the wins (and we should), we have to soberly examine both the losses and the externalities. If these accusations are true, it is our industry that gave him the wealth to cause this kind of harm.
- kzhahou 11y ago
  You don't need to be a millionaire to abuse women and take advantage of sex trafficking. This is hardly an indictment if silicon valley.
  - kafkaesq 11y ago
    You don't need to be a millionaire to abuse women and take advantage of sex trafficking. But it can certainly help you buy silence from your victims. Until you default on your payments, that is.
  - wpietri 11y ago
    Money is one kind of power, and it definitely takes power to abuse others. It's not an indictment of Silicon Valley, sure. And I'd like to keep it that way, which is why I think it's worth paying attention to these things.
- dkarapetyan 11y ago
  Are you going to police the entire industry from your keyboard? Everything laid out in the article is already being handled by the judicial system. Sideline gawking is not adding anything. I agree the VC system and the start-up ecosystem in general should be more decentralized and sustainable but that is beside the point. Sensationalized articles like this that only work because of people's morbid curiosity are hardly the way to galvanize such change.
  - x0x0 11y ago
    they add opprobrium
  - wpietri 11y ago
    > Everything laid out in the article is already being handled by the judicial system. This is both false and absurd. If the allegations are correct, this woman spent more than a dozen years as a sex slave. None of those crimes were "handled" by the judicial system. This is just a civil settlement. And she is only one person. The complaint also alleges that he was involved with many other women. We know nothing about their status, but abusers rarely confine their crimes to one victim. > Sideline gawking is not adding anything. If gawking is all that happens, sure. So maybe you could pipe down and let some actual discussion happen?

reviseddamage 11y ago

nah

wpietri 11y ago

I strongly disagree. There is always value in policing the powerful. If we're going to celebrate the wins (and we should), we have to soberly examine both the losses and the externalities. If these accusations are true, it is our industry that gave him the wealth to cause this kind of harm.

kzhahou 11y ago
You don't need to be a millionaire to abuse women and take advantage of sex trafficking. This is hardly an indictment if silicon valley.
- kafkaesq 11y ago
  You don't need to be a millionaire to abuse women and take advantage of sex trafficking. But it can certainly help you buy silence from your victims. Until you default on your payments, that is.
- wpietri 11y ago
  Money is one kind of power, and it definitely takes power to abuse others. It's not an indictment of Silicon Valley, sure. And I'd like to keep it that way, which is why I think it's worth paying attention to these things.
dkarapetyan 11y ago
Are you going to police the entire industry from your keyboard? Everything laid out in the article is already being handled by the judicial system. Sideline gawking is not adding anything. I agree the VC system and the start-up ecosystem in general should be more decentralized and sustainable but that is beside the point. Sensationalized articles like this that only work because of people's morbid curiosity are hardly the way to galvanize such change.
- x0x0 11y ago
  they add opprobrium
- wpietri 11y ago
  > Everything laid out in the article is already being handled by the judicial system. This is both false and absurd. If the allegations are correct, this woman spent more than a dozen years as a sex slave. None of those crimes were "handled" by the judicial system. This is just a civil settlement. And she is only one person. The complaint also alleges that he was involved with many other women. We know nothing about their status, but abusers rarely confine their crimes to one victim. > Sideline gawking is not adding anything. If gawking is all that happens, sure. So maybe you could pipe down and let some actual discussion happen?