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Easily one of the most bizarre stories of corporate malfeasance I've ever heard about. The blog/newsletter in question is likely the top in its niche, but it wa

by danso 6y ago

Easily one of the most bizarre stories of corporate malfeasance I've ever heard about. The blog/newsletter in question is likely the top in its niche, but it wasn't even in the top 200,000 of sites ranked by SimilarWeb – the WSJ, which according to the affidavit the executive mused as being the next of their targets – is ranked in the top 900. In fact, most of this blog's coverage was linking to and discussing eBay-related stories from mainstream press like the WSJ. The pure malice of the alleged actions is unfathomable, but how did these senior managers and contractors have the time to even give a shit?

thatlongthrow1 6y ago
They are paid too much for the supposed labor they give out, so they have the finances and time to ruin the lives of people they deem to be below them. Which just happens to be everyone who is paid less than them. The solution is to gut executive pay several thousand percent so it is back in line with the rest of the world.
- jacobush 6y ago
  Agree with you 100%. Funny how we have the thread next door here on HN full of people explaining how billionaires worked hard to get their money and deserve to create their little dynasties with it.
  - IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
    99% of executives are not billionaires. Conflating the 2 shows little understanding of the issue at hand. The same logic would put Bush and Obama as statesmen, at the same level of Washington and Adams. Yet, the former 2 are examples of people that didnt risk much in order to attain power and achieve their ambitions. The latter 2 put everything on the line, risking their own loved ones by going against the single most powerful empire in the world. Let that sink in. This is why founding fathers, like Ford, MLK, and even Trump, have a cult-like following despite their personal failings. Thats why billionaires are inspirational (the ones that didnt make their fortune from using govt, or its handout) . They have scars of battle, like real warriors. Executives are only good at 1 thing. Climbing the ladder... at others expense. Pushing buttons...to kill people. Like cowards. Dont put executives and billionaires in the same bucket. Cowards don't belong in the same group as warriors.

by danso 6y ago

thatlongthrow1 6y ago

They are paid too much for the supposed labor they give out, so they have the finances and time to ruin the lives of people they deem to be below them. Which just happens to be everyone who is paid less than them. The solution is to gut executive pay several thousand percent so it is back in line with the rest of the world.

jacobush 6y ago
Agree with you 100%. Funny how we have the thread next door here on HN full of people explaining how billionaires worked hard to get their money and deserve to create their little dynasties with it.
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
  99% of executives are not billionaires. Conflating the 2 shows little understanding of the issue at hand. The same logic would put Bush and Obama as statesmen, at the same level of Washington and Adams. Yet, the former 2 are examples of people that didnt risk much in order to attain power and achieve their ambitions. The latter 2 put everything on the line, risking their own loved ones by going against the single most powerful empire in the world. Let that sink in. This is why founding fathers, like Ford, MLK, and even Trump, have a cult-like following despite their personal failings. Thats why billionaires are inspirational (the ones that didnt make their fortune from using govt, or its handout) . They have scars of battle, like real warriors. Executives are only good at 1 thing. Climbing the ladder... at others expense. Pushing buttons...to kill people. Like cowards. Dont put executives and billionaires in the same bucket. Cowards don't belong in the same group as warriors.