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I'm really happy this happened. Hashrocket are a bunch of great people running a great company and they went through a lot in the past few weeks. Unfortunately,

I'm really happy this happened. Hashrocket are a bunch of great people running a great company and they went through a lot in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, though all charges are dropped, some damage to the reputation is inevitable.

jshen 16y ago
damage to their reputation (those sending the scam mailings) is deserved. The fact that it's legal to scam people doesn't change that. They sent out scam mail that made it appear they would list people in the yellowpages, using a very similar logo and all. They were intentionally taking peoples money by giving them a false impression and then not delivering the value the people expected from the mailing. That's a scam, unfortunately it's not a crime.
patio11 16y ago
Some damage to one's reputation is an occupational hazard of doing disreputable things. http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/disreputable-things.png http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/disreputa...
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huru 16y ago
They're lousy people running a lousy business that is run without ethics. It's a shame the charges didn't stick. Hashrocket doesn't create value, it steals it and destroys it. It's the worst sort of business.
ewjordan 16y ago
Hashrocket are a bunch of great people running a great company and they went through a lot in the past few weeks. No. The majority of the people at Hashrocket may be great, but the people at the top that were involved in this mess are just scam artists. Scam artists that managed to stay just legal enough to keep themselves out of jail, fair enough. But that doesn't change the fact that they pulled some scummy moves to trick small business owners out of their money. Some of that stink has rubbed off on Hashrocket, for sure. But that's not a shame - it's what happens when a company has top executives that display a complete and utter disregard for ethical business conduct.

jshen 16y ago

damage to their reputation (those sending the scam mailings) is deserved. The fact that it's legal to scam people doesn't change that. They sent out scam mail that made it appear they would list people in the yellowpages, using a very similar logo and all. They were intentionally taking peoples money by giving them a false impression and then not delivering the value the people expected from the mailing. That's a scam, unfortunately it's not a crime.

patio11 16y ago

Some damage to one's reputation is an occupational hazard of doing disreputable things. http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/disreputable-things.png http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/disreputa...

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huru 16y ago

They're lousy people running a lousy business that is run without ethics. It's a shame the charges didn't stick. Hashrocket doesn't create value, it steals it and destroys it. It's the worst sort of business.

ewjordan 16y ago

Hashrocket are a bunch of great people running a great company and they went through a lot in the past few weeks. No. The majority of the people at Hashrocket may be great, but the people at the top that were involved in this mess are just scam artists. Scam artists that managed to stay just legal enough to keep themselves out of jail, fair enough. But that doesn't change the fact that they pulled some scummy moves to trick small business owners out of their money. Some of that stink has rubbed off on Hashrocket, for sure. But that's not a shame - it's what happens when a company has top executives that display a complete and utter disregard for ethical business conduct.