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Cheaters always watching over their shoulder. How can you trust people if you know they can't trust you? Or worse, you can't trust yourself!

ztratar 5y ago
Just going out to say the amount of speculation on this thread combined with character assassination is pretty shitty. This is one side of the story, we don't have much evidence either direction, and it's not clear there was any "cheating" involved in anyone's past. HN should do better.
- truetraveller 5y ago
  Couldn't agree more.
- threatofrain 5y ago
  The CEO Amjad Masad has responded in this post. This is a story told with receipts, and receipts carry a weight of their own. Namely, private emails made public. You can see for yourself whether you'll ever see the other side speak through the language of receipts. So far all he has done is double down on the story told through the emails.
truetraveller 5y ago
Simon, this is a wrong reply. Tone down the rhetoric a notch, please.
- xenihn 5y ago
  It's a valuable idea that everyone should keep in mind throughout their lives, and throughout their careers. Same thing with people who speak negatively of others to you in private. Odds are they do the same thing, but about you, when speaking with others. If you confide something negative about someone else to them, they'll probably tell that person.
  - truetraveller 5y ago
    Yes, it's a great lesson. And "speaking negatively" is another great lesson. Thank you. But, we can't just call (even implicitly) Amjad a "cheater".
- philosopher1234 5y ago
  It's "wrong"? Laughable. How, exactly, is it "wrong"? It comes off to me as very plausible, and appropriate.
- simonhamp 5y ago
  Lol. This isn't rhetoric, this is lived experience. No character assassination required - the character in question has assassinated themselves
mmastrac 5y ago
I don't agree with @amasad's actions at all, but I think this is a very uncivil comment.

ztratar 5y ago

Just going out to say the amount of speculation on this thread combined with character assassination is pretty shitty. This is one side of the story, we don't have much evidence either direction, and it's not clear there was any "cheating" involved in anyone's past. HN should do better.

truetraveller 5y ago
Couldn't agree more.
threatofrain 5y ago
The CEO Amjad Masad has responded in this post. This is a story told with receipts, and receipts carry a weight of their own. Namely, private emails made public. You can see for yourself whether you'll ever see the other side speak through the language of receipts. So far all he has done is double down on the story told through the emails.

truetraveller 5y ago

Simon, this is a wrong reply. Tone down the rhetoric a notch, please.

xenihn 5y ago
It's a valuable idea that everyone should keep in mind throughout their lives, and throughout their careers. Same thing with people who speak negatively of others to you in private. Odds are they do the same thing, but about you, when speaking with others. If you confide something negative about someone else to them, they'll probably tell that person.
- truetraveller 5y ago
  Yes, it's a great lesson. And "speaking negatively" is another great lesson. Thank you. But, we can't just call (even implicitly) Amjad a "cheater".
philosopher1234 5y ago
It's "wrong"? Laughable. How, exactly, is it "wrong"? It comes off to me as very plausible, and appropriate.
simonhamp 5y ago
Lol. This isn't rhetoric, this is lived experience. No character assassination required - the character in question has assassinated themselves

mmastrac 5y ago

I don't agree with @amasad's actions at all, but I think this is a very uncivil comment.