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The companies, locations, and people referenced in this article are so thinly veiled I don't understand why they'd try to keep them anonymous at all?
by nilkanthjp 7y ago
The companies, locations, and people referenced in this article are so thinly veiled I don't understand why they'd try to keep them anonymous at all?
- john_moscow 7y agoSo they can't sue back.
- nilkanthjp 7y agoAh yes, the technicalities of our wonderful justice system.
- typpo 7y agoTo save the rest of you some trouble, the startups are Oyster ("e-books"), Mixpanel ("big data"), and Github ("open source").
- MFLoon 7y agoI don't think they're claiming to actually anonymize them. Seems like it's just a stylistic choice to not affirmatively identify them.
- john-radio 7y agoAnd avoiding a potential libel suit.
- aditya34 7y agoIt's only libel if it isn't true.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- ambivalents 7y agoWhile it was probably a legal decision, I actually liked how it worked on an artistic level. As a reader I was trying to piece it together myself. And it also left a feeling of, 'well, this is a specific company she is talking about, but at the same time could easily apply to dozens of others in the industry.'