All sorts of stories were out in the wild about Neumann before the failed IPO. It's one of the reasons IPO failed. I remember on Hacker News people talking abou

All sorts of stories were out in the wild about Neumann before the failed IPO. It's one of the reasons IPO failed. I remember on Hacker News people talking about WeWork's acquisition of a surfing company years ago and there was a notable post about them evicting a customer for a negative blog. The thing is though, a founder/CEO of a private company isn't subject to public pressure, and it's not unusual for Tech Bros to be total douchebags (see also: Jack Dorsey - Biohacker Extra-ordinare, Mark Zuckerberg - The 21st Century's answer to Nero, Musk - Pedofinder General). What changed isn't the failure of reporters, it's the fact that suddenly the guy had actual public accountability.