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> Yesterday, he fired half of AppSumo, despite the company is profitable and growing. What's the real story here? Your comment comes off more like a bitter ex
by kareemm 14y ago
> Yesterday, he fired half of AppSumo, despite the company is profitable and growing.
What's the real story here? Your comment comes off more like a bitter ex-employee than someone who's qualified to judge Noah's moral compass from a blog post and anonymous rumor about AppSumo.
Disclosure: I count Noah as a good friend.
- wildmXranat 14y agoHim being bitter about the fact and that it was a scummy thing to do are not mutually exclusive. I count myself as an impartial commenter.
- kareemm 14y agoI'm suggesting that: 1. the rumor is, until verified, a rumor. 2. Basing a judgement about one's moral compass on a rumor about firing half the company (even if it's true) and blog post is a classic example of a Fundamental attribution error.
- WayneDB 14y agoWhat's the rumor? That half the staff was fired or that Noah uses the particular M.O. that was presented? Can't you easily verify either of these for us?
- rdtsc 14y ago1) Was the staff fire or not. That would be pretty easy to check. You instead of saying this is a rumor would have made a better argument by actually checking then coming back and posting "yeah well actually it was exactly 40% that was fired not 50% like he mentioned". 2) see 1)
- throwaway404 14y ago> anonymous rumor about AppSumo. Email him.
- throwaway503 14y agoIf you consider Noah as a good friend, then by definition you do not have an unbiased opinion.