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I'm in the minority (I think?) of people who felt that while there was an overreaction from Replit, there was some merit in their original complaint. I think t

I'm in the minority (I think?) of people who felt that while there was an overreaction from Replit, there was some merit in their original complaint. I think that the situation has escalated though partly due to the approach of the former intern here, who - while rightly calling out the non-apology aspects of the apology is aggressive themselves now that the power is with them courtesy of the public exposure and general backing of HN. The blogpost here drilling down into every perceived slight and human failing lacks grace and magnanimity and doesn't seem much better at handling the favourable side of the power balance than Replit did in the original correspondence. Maybe time to move on.

luffapi 5y ago
I really respect that the author wrote this post. He may be just an intern but he was trampled on and exposed the true nature of the “leadership” at Replit. I will never use the service again and thank the author for speaking out and this follow up. I’d hire him in a heartbeat.
threatofrain 5y ago
> still refused to list any specific part of Replit he thought I had copied, even when I asked him for such details multiple times during the phone call, despite his continuing to claim both privately and publicly that I copied Replit unethically The CEO Amjad Masad was still doubling down on claims that Radon is a thief on Twitter even after he apologized. And he still refuses to provide details or receipts to his public accusations, despite Radon's willingness to provide receipts. But you are asking for Radon to be gracious?
JadeNB 5y ago
> The blogpost here drilling down into every perceived slight and human failing lacks grace and magnanimity and doesn't seem much better at handling the favourable side of the power balance than Replit did in the original correspondence. I think it's fair to forgive some lack of grace. Sure, the post could be more generous, but the whole handling could have been, and the poster wasn't the one making the legal threats.
Igelau 5y ago
I think the author did the right thing by being transparent about the incident. IP trolls need to be exposed, disgraced, and defanged. We don't need another SCO.
nextaccountic 5y ago
The issue is that, without the force of HN's public opinion, the OP would have no recourse. Being threatened with legal action is very upsetting, specially if you don't have the money to defend your rights.
SPBS 5y ago
> The blogpost here drilling down into every perceived slight and human failing lacks grace and magnanimity and doesn't seem much better at You forget that the author is personally offended too. He just has no way to extract a proper apology because he's an unemployed fresh graduate up against a well-connected CEO. It's not even about legality anymore, since there's technically no wrongdoing here. It's just a sincere apology from one human being to another, but Amjad's never going to give it because it's pretty clear from this exchange what kind of person he is.

luffapi 5y ago

I really respect that the author wrote this post. He may be just an intern but he was trampled on and exposed the true nature of the “leadership” at Replit. I will never use the service again and thank the author for speaking out and this follow up. I’d hire him in a heartbeat.

threatofrain 5y ago

> still refused to list any specific part of Replit he thought I had copied, even when I asked him for such details multiple times during the phone call, despite his continuing to claim both privately and publicly that I copied Replit unethically The CEO Amjad Masad was still doubling down on claims that Radon is a thief on Twitter even after he apologized. And he still refuses to provide details or receipts to his public accusations, despite Radon's willingness to provide receipts. But you are asking for Radon to be gracious?

JadeNB 5y ago

> The blogpost here drilling down into every perceived slight and human failing lacks grace and magnanimity and doesn't seem much better at handling the favourable side of the power balance than Replit did in the original correspondence. I think it's fair to forgive some lack of grace. Sure, the post could be more generous, but the whole handling could have been, and the poster wasn't the one making the legal threats.

Igelau 5y ago

I think the author did the right thing by being transparent about the incident. IP trolls need to be exposed, disgraced, and defanged. We don't need another SCO.

nextaccountic 5y ago

The issue is that, without the force of HN's public opinion, the OP would have no recourse. Being threatened with legal action is very upsetting, specially if you don't have the money to defend your rights.

SPBS 5y ago

> The blogpost here drilling down into every perceived slight and human failing lacks grace and magnanimity and doesn't seem much better at You forget that the author is personally offended too. He just has no way to extract a proper apology because he's an unemployed fresh graduate up against a well-connected CEO. It's not even about legality anymore, since there's technically no wrongdoing here. It's just a sincere apology from one human being to another, but Amjad's never going to give it because it's pretty clear from this exchange what kind of person he is.