I see this as a cautionary tale of how careful you should be with social media, especially if you are in a startup. I give Peter the benefit of the doubt and b

I see this as a cautionary tale of how careful you should be with social media, especially if you are in a startup. I give Peter the benefit of the doubt and believe that the original article really was meant to be a humor piece. And unfortunately for him, his writing was interpreted by a great deal of people for cruelty rather than satire. (Don't quit the day job, Pete!) Sucks to be him. Then, rightly or wrongly, people attacked his startup as well. I can understand why. One reason is that our personalities, whether we like it or not, are deeply imbued in our startups. But a closer reason is: if you touch a nerve, some people will find a way to lash back at you any way they can. And calling your startup out is one way. (For an example, look at the tragic case of the Adria Richards/SendGrid and PlayHaven firings.) Think twice before you blog/post/tweet.