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> Zoom did not respond to a request for comment. When you can't say anything that won't get you into deeper trouble, say nothing at all.

vmception 6y ago
eh they probably just can't be bothered. how many other accounts have they closed? what other normal company things is the company doing on a day to day basis, journalists can't expect to circumvent the whole company calendar for something they latched on to as controversial. this is a misaligned expectation from the journalists and everyone swayed by what the media, and thats true without making any opinion on the particular issue at hand you have to assume this is going to harm the company for their lack of defensive response to mean anything. but maybe they are still converting customers into paying ones, maybe there is still enough liquidity for a secondary offering, maybe there are partnerships in the works that are more important and lucrative that don't care about the media frenzy
fouric 6y ago
Furthermore, if they make an excuse after this story blows up, I think it's reasonable to consider their justification "retconned" and not actually the real reason they closed the account (which can be reasonably inferred to be CCP-aligned censorship).
cosmodisk 6y ago
Maybe the journalist forgot to email them a meeting ID.
kodablah 6y ago
A similar silence occurred when Marriott fired the guy over the tweet about Tibet. In fact, they were forced to apologize [0]. I kinda hope Zoom is forced to apologize by China as well to at least clarify the type of company they are. 0 - https://twitter.com/MarriottBonvoy/status/951344031405084673 https://twitter.com/MarriottBonvoy/status/951344031405084673
- cutemonster 6y ago
  > Zoom is forced to apologize by China Why would China want them to apologize? (Or there's a typo?) Didn't zoom do what C wanted already
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Cf. the Marriott apology in GP's link - it would be further to the action already taken, rather than retracting or apologising for it.
    - cutemonster 6y ago
      Ok thanks for explaining
xenospn 6y ago
Problems usually go away if you ignore them for long enough.

vmception 6y ago

eh they probably just can't be bothered. how many other accounts have they closed? what other normal company things is the company doing on a day to day basis, journalists can't expect to circumvent the whole company calendar for something they latched on to as controversial. this is a misaligned expectation from the journalists and everyone swayed by what the media, and thats true without making any opinion on the particular issue at hand you have to assume this is going to harm the company for their lack of defensive response to mean anything. but maybe they are still converting customers into paying ones, maybe there is still enough liquidity for a secondary offering, maybe there are partnerships in the works that are more important and lucrative that don't care about the media frenzy

fouric 6y ago

Furthermore, if they make an excuse after this story blows up, I think it's reasonable to consider their justification "retconned" and not actually the real reason they closed the account (which can be reasonably inferred to be CCP-aligned censorship).

cosmodisk 6y ago

Maybe the journalist forgot to email them a meeting ID.

kodablah 6y ago

A similar silence occurred when Marriott fired the guy over the tweet about Tibet. In fact, they were forced to apologize [0]. I kinda hope Zoom is forced to apologize by China as well to at least clarify the type of company they are. 0 - https://twitter.com/MarriottBonvoy/status/951344031405084673 https://twitter.com/MarriottBonvoy/status/951344031405084673

cutemonster 6y ago
> Zoom is forced to apologize by China Why would China want them to apologize? (Or there's a typo?) Didn't zoom do what C wanted already
- OJFord 6y ago
  Cf. the Marriott apology in GP's link - it would be further to the action already taken, rather than retracting or apologising for it.
  - cutemonster 6y ago
    Ok thanks for explaining

xenospn 6y ago

Problems usually go away if you ignore them for long enough.