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The CEO needs to see his psychologist. I’m neither being sarcastic nor being provocative, but as a CEO when you find yourself calling your paying customer an as

The CEO needs to see his psychologist. I’m neither being sarcastic nor being provocative, but as a CEO when you find yourself calling your paying customer an asshole and deleting their website over a tweet, it’s time you look back at what you have become. Probably he is in too much stress due to the pandemic, or he has developed too much of a “I’m the CEO, bitch!” attitude. In either case, Ghost as a company should take care of that guy to stay in business.

LeonB 6y ago
Well said. I’m sure he felt justified, but it was an angry/impulsive/self-righteous thing to do. He needs help, particularly for the sake of the other members of the company who rely on him not to act like this.
ohgodplsno 6y ago
Nah. User was an ass, company is in no obligation to keep serving them, kicked them out. You're not entitled to having access to Ghost.org. you can even selfhost if the technology choice is what makes you stay. The only thing Ghost should do is hand him over a backup of his data.
- libertine 6y ago
  All fine, but surely it doesn't make Ghost look good.
- clashmeifyoucan 6y ago
  Not really. I'm sure they probably have something in their ToS that covers such kicking but even so, a paying customer is entitled to having access to the site, no? Being unhappy with a service doesn't mean you get your subscription cancelled.
- benhurmarcel 6y ago
  Right. That doesn't really attract me to host on their service however, if they might just delete your website at any time.
- bccdee 6y ago
  Yes, Ghost.org hasn't done anything illegal, but that doesn't mean that they haven't done anything wrong. That's a very superficial way to look at it.
jasonvorhe 6y ago
Your armchair psychologict assessment is off-putting for everyone who is in therapy.
- millzlane 6y ago
  Your comment is off-putting to the guidelines of Hacker news. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - jasonvorhe 6y ago
    Yours as well, then.
DanBC 6y ago
Don't forget that you're only seeing one side of this story.
oefrha 6y ago
Whether you believe you’re being non-sarcastic and non-provocative, please keep internet psychiatric diagnosis off this forum. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20Internet%20psychiatric%20diagnosis&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- njsubedi 6y ago
  I am sorry; I hadn’t come across dang’s replies ever (and I am not able to edit my comment because of the replies). I’m not diagnosing him as a mentally ill. As a CEO of a startup myself I gave my opinion about being conscious about behavioral changes and act on time. But yeah, I realized I could have not said that.

LeonB 6y ago

Well said. I’m sure he felt justified, but it was an angry/impulsive/self-righteous thing to do. He needs help, particularly for the sake of the other members of the company who rely on him not to act like this.

ohgodplsno 6y ago

Nah. User was an ass, company is in no obligation to keep serving them, kicked them out. You're not entitled to having access to Ghost.org. you can even selfhost if the technology choice is what makes you stay. The only thing Ghost should do is hand him over a backup of his data.

libertine 6y ago
All fine, but surely it doesn't make Ghost look good.
clashmeifyoucan 6y ago
Not really. I'm sure they probably have something in their ToS that covers such kicking but even so, a paying customer is entitled to having access to the site, no? Being unhappy with a service doesn't mean you get your subscription cancelled.
benhurmarcel 6y ago
Right. That doesn't really attract me to host on their service however, if they might just delete your website at any time.
bccdee 6y ago
Yes, Ghost.org hasn't done anything illegal, but that doesn't mean that they haven't done anything wrong. That's a very superficial way to look at it.

jasonvorhe 6y ago

Your armchair psychologict assessment is off-putting for everyone who is in therapy.

millzlane 6y ago
Your comment is off-putting to the guidelines of Hacker news. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jasonvorhe 6y ago
  Yours as well, then.

DanBC 6y ago

Don't forget that you're only seeing one side of this story.

oefrha 6y ago

Whether you believe you’re being non-sarcastic and non-provocative, please keep internet psychiatric diagnosis off this forum. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20Internet%20psychiatric%20diagnosis&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

njsubedi 6y ago
I am sorry; I hadn’t come across dang’s replies ever (and I am not able to edit my comment because of the replies). I’m not diagnosing him as a mentally ill. As a CEO of a startup myself I gave my opinion about being conscious about behavioral changes and act on time. But yeah, I realized I could have not said that.