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not defending his action here at all but the psychology of being a startup founder is interesting here. he couldve "seen this movie before" and jumped to conclu
by swyx 5y ago
not defending his action here at all but the psychology of being a startup founder is interesting here. he couldve "seen this movie before" and jumped to conclusions. he couldve just had a rough day. sometimes you spend entire adult life feeling like the whole world is against you and you lash out without thinking it through.
everyone is armchair quarterbacking here on what was the rational thing to do. but we are mostly not rational creatures esp when our "babies" are involved.
- threatofrain 5y agoThe CEO Amjad Masad was on Twitter doubling down on his accusations that Radon is a thief, even after his post on HN. Even now Amjad refuses to provide any detail or receipts to Radon for his public accusations of tortious behavior. > everyone is armchair quarterbacking here on what was the rational thing to do. Do you seriously prefer your web psychoanalysis?
- ncmncm 5y agoBTW, a habit of spurious legal harassment is called "barratry". It is harder to demonstrate it to the satisfaction of courts than it perhaps should be, possibly because the habit is profitable for lawyers.
- hluska 5y agoIf anyone reads this, finds it interesting and wants to learn more, read about ‘vexatious litigation’. The process through which lawyers can be disbarred or litigants can be named vexatious is genuinely quite interesting.
- minimaxir 5y ago> but we are mostly not rational creatures esp when our "babies" are involved. The difference here is that CEOs are expected to handle things professionally, especially CEOs of a VC-backed startup. As noted in the previous thread, the "rough day" excuse doesn't fly when you double down and offer legal threats.