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Kickstarter Apology to Rachel Marone

25 points by bmelton 15y ago

chris_wot 15y ago
I remember the original article comments here on Hacker News, and it was implied by a vocal minority that Kickstarter didn't need to respond to these allegations. Thankfully they have, and it's a very reasonable response. I'm glad that Kickstarter have realized their mistake and apologised!
- bmelton 15y ago
  My main thing with the whole affair, honestly, is that if an apology was expected, I find it odd that she posted it on a Saturday morning, a year after the actual event took place? It wasn't as though Kickstarter banned her on Friday -- this is a year later. I still don't know that an apology was warranted, but that's just my opinion. If I were Kickstarter, I likely would have done the same thing. Regardless, I don't know the facts of the situation, and likely won't ever, so I'm just speculating on what I can see. It's certainly good of Kickstarter to apologize, whether or not they thought it actually necessary, but I'm wondering if her account was reinstated. If so, I'm wondering when her account was reinstated.
casca 15y ago
When companies or people make mistakes, it's great to see an apology. However, this one is very late and given the reputation that Kickstarter has, I'd have expected more from them.
- slantyyz 15y ago
  Why is it late, because PR people are expected to work on weekends?
- bmelton 15y ago
  Your definition of 'very late' and mine are perhaps at odds. The complaint was voiced on Saturday, an apology was issued on Monday. Edit: As mysequel points out, that was actually issued same-day -- I just didn't notice it until much later.
- mysequel 15y ago
  The apology was issued on Saturday (same day). This post on Hacker News about the apology just happened to be posted today. How is issuing an apology same day "late"?
rmc 15y ago
This is a misleading title, Kickstarter gave a generic apology thing, rather than confirm the original claim and apologise for that.
eps 15y ago
Flagged.
- fredoliveira 15y ago
  From the HN site guidelines - the last sentence is important: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
  - eps 15y ago
    Flagged as well.
stonemirror 15y ago
If folks would like to see the actual stalker in action, he's posting in the comments section of this article on The Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-victim-rachel-marone/ http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-vi...

25 points by bmelton 15y ago

I remember the original article comments here on Hacker News, and it was implied by a vocal minority that Kickstarter didn't need to respond to these allegations. Thankfully they have, and it's a very reasonable response. I'm glad that Kickstarter have realized their mistake and apologised!

bmelton 15y ago
My main thing with the whole affair, honestly, is that if an apology was expected, I find it odd that she posted it on a Saturday morning, a year after the actual event took place? It wasn't as though Kickstarter banned her on Friday -- this is a year later. I still don't know that an apology was warranted, but that's just my opinion. If I were Kickstarter, I likely would have done the same thing. Regardless, I don't know the facts of the situation, and likely won't ever, so I'm just speculating on what I can see. It's certainly good of Kickstarter to apologize, whether or not they thought it actually necessary, but I'm wondering if her account was reinstated. If so, I'm wondering when her account was reinstated.

casca 15y ago

When companies or people make mistakes, it's great to see an apology. However, this one is very late and given the reputation that Kickstarter has, I'd have expected more from them.

slantyyz 15y ago
Why is it late, because PR people are expected to work on weekends?
bmelton 15y ago
Your definition of 'very late' and mine are perhaps at odds. The complaint was voiced on Saturday, an apology was issued on Monday. Edit: As mysequel points out, that was actually issued same-day -- I just didn't notice it until much later.
mysequel 15y ago
The apology was issued on Saturday (same day). This post on Hacker News about the apology just happened to be posted today. How is issuing an apology same day "late"?

rmc 15y ago

This is a misleading title, Kickstarter gave a generic apology thing, rather than confirm the original claim and apologise for that.

eps 15y ago

Flagged.

fredoliveira 15y ago
From the HN site guidelines - the last sentence is important: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
- eps 15y ago
  Flagged as well.

stonemirror 15y ago

If folks would like to see the actual stalker in action, he's posting in the comments section of this article on The Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-victim-rachel-marone/ http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-vi...