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But Sequoia Capital isn't a newspaper. They are not under any obligation to retain puff pieces on their investments. Arguing that there should be a "write-only"
by pdntspa 4y ago
But Sequoia Capital isn't a newspaper. They are not under any obligation to retain puff pieces on their investments. Arguing that there should be a "write-only" register (aka blockchain) is arguing that anything written in the space, ever, should be immortalized on it. Which doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
As other comments point out, the Print Screen key, "Save to PDF", and archive.org are all you really need.
- ChaitanyaSai 4y agoThey have every right to delete the puff piece. Saying that the deletion punctures their credibility and posturing significantly more than the article itself. Things will go south in some high-risk venture investments. Owning up to the mistakes at least messages that there is learning. Would be interesting to see other VCs take on this.
- scott_w 4y agoI don’t think the parent is arguing for a blockchain one journalism, just that outlets claiming to be “news” should own their mistakes if they want to retain credibility.
- pdntspa 4y agoI think GGP is conflating "we commissioned an article from an established journalist" with the article being "news". Adtorials, or whatever they're called, have been quite the thing lately and I don't see how this is any different, except inverted. Since Sequoia isn't a news agency, its article is private corporate speech. And with the remarks about establishing trust in the crypto space, it seems to imply that either press release or adtorial-type stuff, or all private speech in the space, shouldn't be deletable.
- scott_w 4y agoYou’re right, it’s not a news agency, however it is masquerading as one to try and increase their legitimacy. It’s reasonable to criticise their behaviour.