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Waiting for Ryan’s tweet storm eagerly to see how blame is shifted to VC and Stripe.

upupandup 4y ago
Thanks to him, lot of people in the industry are now a bit wiser and more careful while others simp for the establishment because they seek to benefit, are benefiting (maybe in the minds of some, they think they are reading this board and looking at profiles of users who simp or attack them?) When he outed YC, Sequoia Capital and New York Times, I felt uneasy because I knew there would be blowbacks.
- 1270018080 4y ago
  Thanks to him, I think he's a little bit unstable. His rants are a out there for sure.
  - ushakov 4y ago
    he’s just petty YC didn’t give him money
- tuckerman 4y ago
  Just in case others aren't familiar, dang shared an extremely detailed and respectful refutation of some of Ryan's accusations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30070287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30070287 Edit: added "some of"
- Permit 4y ago
  The only thing he "outed" was his inability to read timestamps: https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784882173255680 https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784882173255680 He claimed Stripe copied his blog post, but when you click the links you'll see that Stripe's post was submitted earlier than his! This was his big "WHO WANTS PROOF?" reveal. He does not walk away from this looking good.
- kodah 4y ago
  I was on that thread, I have no idea what Bolt did at the time and I don't use Stripe. Ryan didn't even look at the timestamps for the posts he was referencing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30069359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30069359 Everything else he said was pure speculation and story-telling. Anecdotally, most people on HN hate the NYT; it should give you pause if even these people did not buy Ryan's story-telling.
- glerk 4y ago
  There is a more tactful way to do what he did. It's ok to criticize business competitors, but calling them "mob bosses" and going on paranoid rants about them is not effective. It probably doesn't matter that much for him because he has fuck you money, but I hope he learned to have more self control after this.
- nr2x 4y ago
  “Establishment Simp” would be a great name for a punk band.

Thanks to him, lot of people in the industry are now a bit wiser and more careful while others simp for the establishment because they seek to benefit, are benefiting (maybe in the minds of some, they think they are reading this board and looking at profiles of users who simp or attack them?) When he outed YC, Sequoia Capital and New York Times, I felt uneasy because I knew there would be blowbacks.

1270018080 4y ago
Thanks to him, I think he's a little bit unstable. His rants are a out there for sure.
- ushakov 4y ago
  he’s just petty YC didn’t give him money
tuckerman 4y ago
Just in case others aren't familiar, dang shared an extremely detailed and respectful refutation of some of Ryan's accusations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30070287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30070287 Edit: added "some of"
Permit 4y ago
The only thing he "outed" was his inability to read timestamps: https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784882173255680 https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784882173255680 He claimed Stripe copied his blog post, but when you click the links you'll see that Stripe's post was submitted earlier than his! This was his big "WHO WANTS PROOF?" reveal. He does not walk away from this looking good.
kodah 4y ago
I was on that thread, I have no idea what Bolt did at the time and I don't use Stripe. Ryan didn't even look at the timestamps for the posts he was referencing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30069359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30069359 Everything else he said was pure speculation and story-telling. Anecdotally, most people on HN hate the NYT; it should give you pause if even these people did not buy Ryan's story-telling.
glerk 4y ago
There is a more tactful way to do what he did. It's ok to criticize business competitors, but calling them "mob bosses" and going on paranoid rants about them is not effective. It probably doesn't matter that much for him because he has fuck you money, but I hope he learned to have more self control after this.
nr2x 4y ago
“Establishment Simp” would be a great name for a punk band.