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Wow what a shitty article. This whole thing is killing pg's first comment in the thread yesterday Just so everyone understands, I was not saying that Google V

Wow what a shitty article. This whole thing is killing pg's first comment in the thread yesterday Just so everyone understands, I was not saying that Google Ventures is a bad investor and should be avoided. If we thought that, the email would have been a lot shorter. I was just talking about a structural problem that happens when you've already raised some money on a convertible note with a valuation cap, and an investor offers to invest at a lower cap From an author who obviously read that thread she's completely ignoring what he said with crappy statements like this: Considering this comes from a man who just asked his portfolio to blacklist an entire venture firm, this might read as a rather contradictory statement.

Smudge 14y ago
Ignoring the article's contents for a second, let's look at how clearly doctored the image is to make PG look insidious. Before: http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/paul-graham.jpg http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/paul-grah... After: http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/pg-lowball.jpg http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/pg-lowball.jp...
- nikcub 14y ago
  Arrington hinted in his post that there is more to this story than is being revealed: > I also think VentureBeat should fully disclose any other issues they have that might be affecting their judgement about Y Combinator, but I’ll leave it at that. from: http://uncrunched.com/2012/09/07/turning-the-drama-down-on-y-combinator-v-google-ventures/ http://uncrunched.com/2012/09/07/turning-the-drama-down-on-y... this is starting to become so weird that I believe there must be more to it edit: that post has a HN thread that was just submitted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491894 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491894
- arkonaut 14y ago
  What a contrast a zoom and filter can have on an image... The actual image is him intently/genuinely listening to what I can only suppose is a question from an audience member of some kind. And the Venture Beat cropped version is supposed to make it look like he's coldly calculating someone's demise.
  - Smudge 14y ago
    It's hard to tell, but the image has also been rotated, which makes it seem like he is leaning forward more intently. Click the little "compare" link on the TinEye result to see what I mean: https://www.tineye.com/search/b2e69b229df764bf6bd92bb4ca65f11170822d8e https://www.tineye.com/search/b2e69b229df764bf6bd92bb4ca65f1...
- autophil 14y ago
  Oh frig. You should see CNN during election time. The obvious biases last election made my stomach turn.

Smudge 14y ago

Ignoring the article's contents for a second, let's look at how clearly doctored the image is to make PG look insidious. Before: http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/paul-graham.jpg http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/paul-grah... After: http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/pg-lowball.jpg http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/pg-lowball.jp...

nikcub 14y ago
Arrington hinted in his post that there is more to this story than is being revealed: > I also think VentureBeat should fully disclose any other issues they have that might be affecting their judgement about Y Combinator, but I’ll leave it at that. from: http://uncrunched.com/2012/09/07/turning-the-drama-down-on-y-combinator-v-google-ventures/ http://uncrunched.com/2012/09/07/turning-the-drama-down-on-y... this is starting to become so weird that I believe there must be more to it edit: that post has a HN thread that was just submitted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491894 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491894
arkonaut 14y ago
What a contrast a zoom and filter can have on an image... The actual image is him intently/genuinely listening to what I can only suppose is a question from an audience member of some kind. And the Venture Beat cropped version is supposed to make it look like he's coldly calculating someone's demise.
- Smudge 14y ago
  It's hard to tell, but the image has also been rotated, which makes it seem like he is leaning forward more intently. Click the little "compare" link on the TinEye result to see what I mean: https://www.tineye.com/search/b2e69b229df764bf6bd92bb4ca65f11170822d8e https://www.tineye.com/search/b2e69b229df764bf6bd92bb4ca65f1...
autophil 14y ago
Oh frig. You should see CNN during election time. The obvious biases last election made my stomach turn.