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What is “the startup” in this case? What is preventing from disclosing the name of the business?

djflutt3rshy 8y ago
Reddit's rules against giving out personal information, so thousands of Redditors don't bombard the startup with angry comments or worse.
- i4blux 8y ago
  The name of a company is not personal information.
  - threeseed 8y ago
    It's still libellous if the company isn't the one in question.
    - shlomok 8y ago
      It's 1000% homeshare, so not libel.
chippy 8y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/wiki/index#wiki_general_rules https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/wiki/index#wiki_general... subreddit rules
Animats 8y ago
Homeshare fits the description.[1] Not finding any other articles which mention this problem, though. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/homeshare-rents-luxury-apartments-at-affordable-prices-2018-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/homeshare-rents-luxury-apart...
- daguar 8y ago
  Twitter user complaining with a story that appears to match the Reddit description: https://mobile.twitter.com/aCUBEDtv/status/1112785910335041536 https://mobile.twitter.com/aCUBEDtv/status/11127859103350415...
- rurban 8y ago
  They have 3 investors in the first and only round: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homeshare#section-investors https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homeshare#section-in...
  - Animats 8y ago
    How did they manage to lose money in that business? They get paid up front, so they don't have a cash flow problem. They don't have much of an investment. There's plenty of demand. What went wrong?
    - netsharc 8y ago
      It's a startup, so they probably have 20 developers and 5 business majors who are "C-levels", each getting 6 digit salaries... As someone asked somewhere, "Why does Twitter need hundreds of developers? It's basically a CRUD interface."
      - egypturnash 8y ago
        What Twitter - or any large social media site - needs is a large, well-paid abuse team. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people. That'd blow through a bunch of money.
    - tedunangst 8y ago
      Too large sales team? Or community outreach ambassadors or whatever we call them these days. The business model as I understand it is they pay for any missing roommates rent until the spot is filled? Maybe they had a fragmentation problem? 30 people move into 10 rooms, 10 people move out, negative 30% income.
daguar 8y ago
Googling the basic contours of this shows the company pretty quickly. There are users on Twitter sharing similar stories.
- tvladeck 8y ago
  Care to share your query string? I can't find it
  - daguar 8y ago
    See the comment above
TheRealPomax 8y ago
Mostly "wanting to use the law". You can disclose that information if you want, but you really don't want to, because you give up any legal power you might have had if you do. If you rile up a mob (and an internet mob certainly counts), even if you don't do so directly but let "the comment section figure it out", and then don't get that content moderated, you lose whatever legal standing you might have had if the courts need to become involved. Any lawsuit you file will get thrown out immediately. Which is why on Reddit the mods will aggressively redact any attempt to identify legal parties. You might want to name and shame, but that is a destructive desire.
- deleted 8y ago
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- brianpgordon 8y ago
  What bizarro world are you living in where failing to moderate a Reddit thread causes you to lose standing? At worst you won't be able to get as good a settlement because the scammer can't pay you extra to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
  - TheRealPomax 8y ago
    Same one you live in. By not moderating a conversation you started, and instead of locking it down, allowing people to name parties and stand by while the internet mob takes shape, you are absolutely going to lose standing, and a competent lawyer will be entirely able to argue you counted on that happening.

Reddit's rules against giving out personal information, so thousands of Redditors don't bombard the startup with angry comments or worse.

i4blux 8y ago
The name of a company is not personal information.
- threeseed 8y ago
  It's still libellous if the company isn't the one in question.
  - shlomok 8y ago
    It's 1000% homeshare, so not libel.

chippy 8y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/wiki/index#wiki_general_rules https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/wiki/index#wiki_general... subreddit rules

Animats 8y ago

Homeshare fits the description.[1] Not finding any other articles which mention this problem, though. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/homeshare-rents-luxury-apartments-at-affordable-prices-2018-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/homeshare-rents-luxury-apart...

daguar 8y ago
Twitter user complaining with a story that appears to match the Reddit description: https://mobile.twitter.com/aCUBEDtv/status/1112785910335041536 https://mobile.twitter.com/aCUBEDtv/status/11127859103350415...
rurban 8y ago
They have 3 investors in the first and only round: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homeshare#section-investors https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/homeshare#section-in...
- Animats 8y ago
  How did they manage to lose money in that business? They get paid up front, so they don't have a cash flow problem. They don't have much of an investment. There's plenty of demand. What went wrong?
  - netsharc 8y ago
    It's a startup, so they probably have 20 developers and 5 business majors who are "C-levels", each getting 6 digit salaries... As someone asked somewhere, "Why does Twitter need hundreds of developers? It's basically a CRUD interface."
    - egypturnash 8y ago
      What Twitter - or any large social media site - needs is a large, well-paid abuse team. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people. That'd blow through a bunch of money.
  - tedunangst 8y ago
    Too large sales team? Or community outreach ambassadors or whatever we call them these days. The business model as I understand it is they pay for any missing roommates rent until the spot is filled? Maybe they had a fragmentation problem? 30 people move into 10 rooms, 10 people move out, negative 30% income.

daguar 8y ago

Googling the basic contours of this shows the company pretty quickly. There are users on Twitter sharing similar stories.

tvladeck 8y ago
Care to share your query string? I can't find it
- daguar 8y ago
  See the comment above

TheRealPomax 8y ago

Mostly "wanting to use the law". You can disclose that information if you want, but you really don't want to, because you give up any legal power you might have had if you do. If you rile up a mob (and an internet mob certainly counts), even if you don't do so directly but let "the comment section figure it out", and then don't get that content moderated, you lose whatever legal standing you might have had if the courts need to become involved. Any lawsuit you file will get thrown out immediately. Which is why on Reddit the mods will aggressively redact any attempt to identify legal parties. You might want to name and shame, but that is a destructive desire.

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brianpgordon 8y ago
What bizarro world are you living in where failing to moderate a Reddit thread causes you to lose standing? At worst you won't be able to get as good a settlement because the scammer can't pay you extra to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
- TheRealPomax 8y ago
  Same one you live in. By not moderating a conversation you started, and instead of locking it down, allowing people to name parties and stand by while the internet mob takes shape, you are absolutely going to lose standing, and a competent lawyer will be entirely able to argue you counted on that happening.