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"2) Don't do business with Michael Arrington. He washes his dirty laundry on a very public blog without regard for his business associates (in this case, AOL)."

by zazi 16y ago

"2) Don't do business with Michael Arrington. He washes his dirty laundry on a very public blog without regard for his business associates (in this case, AOL)." Posting this on techcrunch is, to me, an effective way of warning people not to mess with him and preventing future suits. The message I got was "Don't sue Michael Arrington unless you absolutely know you have the right of it". There was a comment by lionhearted about a month ago on how he stopped people from bullying him. (Which seems to be what Arrington is doing to Calcanis.) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1765109 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1765109 "I wished I'd learned that lesson earlier. Some people are animals. The ones that want to hurt you for no reason. Show them that you'll go to self-destructive lengths to defend yourself and avenge yourself upon them, and they'll stop."

ilamont 16y ago
But surely people must know this by now, and it still goes on. How many private flare-ups and legal notices have been posted on Techcrunch in the past five years? Joojoo was blowing up about this time last year. Yet the bullying/suits against Arrington continue.
- uxp 16y ago
  Anyone with an ego that rivals Arrington's knows this, but they think that they are going to be the one that finally topples the private empire Arrington has created. Delusion at its finest. Not that I think Arrington is without fault. He probably thinks the same thing against many of his rivals, but they don't publish personal sob stories of how Arrington is trying to screw them on their company blogs, which seem to have less readers than TechCrunch anyways.
iuguy 16y ago
> Posting this on techcrunch is, to me, an effective way of warning people not to mess with him and preventing future suits. I would like to respectfully disagree with you on this point. If I entered into a contract with Mr Arrington and had a dispute, I'd try to resolve through all non-legal means possible. If these fail then as a last resort I'd go to the courts. Posting on techcrunch acts as an effective warning never to enter into a contract with him that could result in a lawsuit. > The message I got was "Don't sue Michael Arrington unless you absolutely know you have the right of it". The message I think you should've got was, "Don't enter into a contract with Michael Arrington unless you absolutely know you have the right of it." To be fair to Mr Arrington, I think this article says a lot about Jason Calcanis as well. I think my point about Drama still stands. It doesn't lead to anything good business wise. It's just not a good move for anyone from where I stand, although YMMV.

by zazi 16y ago

ilamont 16y ago

But surely people must know this by now, and it still goes on. How many private flare-ups and legal notices have been posted on Techcrunch in the past five years? Joojoo was blowing up about this time last year. Yet the bullying/suits against Arrington continue.

uxp 16y ago
Anyone with an ego that rivals Arrington's knows this, but they think that they are going to be the one that finally topples the private empire Arrington has created. Delusion at its finest. Not that I think Arrington is without fault. He probably thinks the same thing against many of his rivals, but they don't publish personal sob stories of how Arrington is trying to screw them on their company blogs, which seem to have less readers than TechCrunch anyways.

iuguy 16y ago

> Posting this on techcrunch is, to me, an effective way of warning people not to mess with him and preventing future suits. I would like to respectfully disagree with you on this point. If I entered into a contract with Mr Arrington and had a dispute, I'd try to resolve through all non-legal means possible. If these fail then as a last resort I'd go to the courts. Posting on techcrunch acts as an effective warning never to enter into a contract with him that could result in a lawsuit. > The message I got was "Don't sue Michael Arrington unless you absolutely know you have the right of it". The message I think you should've got was, "Don't enter into a contract with Michael Arrington unless you absolutely know you have the right of it." To be fair to Mr Arrington, I think this article says a lot about Jason Calcanis as well. I think my point about Drama still stands. It doesn't lead to anything good business wise. It's just not a good move for anyone from where I stand, although YMMV.