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Dude, you are seriously unbalanced. Do you have any talents other than yelling into a video camera? Who appointed you the watchdog of tech industry ethics? The

Dude, you are seriously unbalanced. Do you have any talents other than yelling into a video camera? Who appointed you the watchdog of tech industry ethics? The worst you can say about Sam Odio is that he wasn't more timely and direct with his refusal. As others have pointed out, saying maybe is often an easier way of saying no. In the end he didn't provide the kick back and he did the right thing by going to Techcrunch. I'm sure you've got your own skeletons and as you so ominously warned Odio, 'you will get what's coming to you'. Karma's a bitch.

petercooper 17y ago
If you came in blind to Loren on this particular episode, sure, he comes off as a bit of a tool, but he's playing this as theater. I don't know 100%, but I think he's playing a great "angry man" persona (in a similar way to how Zed Shaw did for a while - just in video form). I rarely agree with anything Loren says, but he makes for compelling, funny watching. Take his recent review of ChatRoulette, for example: http://youtu.be/nMlTuS39zC0 http://youtu.be/nMlTuS39zC0 - watching Loren is like visiting one of those theme restaurants that have deliberately bad service. He also looks like my plumber, so that makes him pretty cool in my book.
- johnmcdonald 17y ago
  No, I have seen a lot of his videos and he always comes off as a tool. I've heard Loren and others justify his attacks on people as comedy, but comedy is meant to be funny. And trust me when I say that the dude can dish it but he certainly can't take it. More to the point of this article though is that he threatened to expose someone and possibly damage their reputation without any proof of wrongdoing. There's nothing wrong with expressing your opinion about or making light of a situation. What he did is closer to blackmail or defamation.

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Dude, you are seriously unbalanced. Do you have any talents other than yelling into a video camera? Who appointed you the watchdog of tech industry ethics? The

by johnmcdonald 17y ago

petercooper 17y ago
If you came in blind to Loren on this particular episode, sure, he comes off as a bit of a tool, but he's playing this as theater. I don't know 100%, but I think he's playing a great "angry man" persona (in a similar way to how Zed Shaw did for a while - just in video form). I rarely agree with anything Loren says, but he makes for compelling, funny watching. Take his recent review of ChatRoulette, for example: http://youtu.be/nMlTuS39zC0 http://youtu.be/nMlTuS39zC0 - watching Loren is like visiting one of those theme restaurants that have deliberately bad service. He also looks like my plumber, so that makes him pretty cool in my book.
- johnmcdonald 17y ago
  No, I have seen a lot of his videos and he always comes off as a tool. I've heard Loren and others justify his attacks on people as comedy, but comedy is meant to be funny. And trust me when I say that the dude can dish it but he certainly can't take it. More to the point of this article though is that he threatened to expose someone and possibly damage their reputation without any proof of wrongdoing. There's nothing wrong with expressing your opinion about or making light of a situation. What he did is closer to blackmail or defamation.