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These are widely different tones and messages, if you have the other for context. Especially the bit about how “we’re still in control”. Seems obvious that a ta
by nickysielicki 5y ago
These are widely different tones and messages, if you have the other for context. Especially the bit about how “we’re still in control”. Seems obvious that a takeover is imminent.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoOh wow. I was honestly annoyed the conversation was a tangent about alt text. Then you all found evidence that he withdrew for takeover reasons. Time to eat some humble pie. (I also have blind friends, and suddenly feel terrible about diminishing the importance of alt text.) What an interesting mistake. There must have been three or four messages. I wonder if the CEO acted alone or as a part of a team. Talk about “no good deed goes unpunished.”
- stavros 5y agoBut the alleged "takeover reasons" bit is in the published text, not the alt text.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoHaha. Whoops. Time to bow out. (Thank you for pointing out the mistake so gracefully. Have a good night.) One problem with Twitter’s alt text is that it’s too short. I copy paste HN comments into alt text, but am almost always met with an error. In that situation I just link to the original comment, but the CEO couldn’t do that here.
- stavros 5y agoHahah it's not your day today or seems :P
- nickysielicki 5y agoMakes no difference, we now know he revised that portion of his message to emphasize autonomy and mulled over it. It’s a view into what he’s thinking.
- whywhywhywhy 5y agoDon’t think their current CEO ever came across as the “acts alone” sort to be honest.
- tallytarik 5y agoWhere's the "we're still in control" bit?
- throwaway4good 5y agoThe final version's "the decisions we make and how we execute is in our hands, no-one else's".
- tallytarik 5y agoAha! I had interpreted it as a direct quote. That makes sense.
- stavros 5y agoIt's the "our decisions remain in our hands" thing, if I understand correctly.