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I really don't see the big deal. Alexis is just sending a nice follow-up email to someone who wanted to chat with him. This is grasping for straws. EDIT: My co

I really don't see the big deal. Alexis is just sending a nice follow-up email to someone who wanted to chat with him. This is grasping for straws. EDIT: My comment was previously under the assumption that Wikileaks was posting linkbait, but that role falls to the OP of this submission, not Wikileaks. Sorry!

radiusq 13y ago
I doubt wikileaks posted the HN submission. Also, the link referenced points to a particular email among many thousands. It wasn't hand-picked by wikileaks but probably by the HN submitter.
state 13y ago
Could this be an elaborate conspiracy? I doubt it. Wouldn't it be nice to see WikiLeaks say something just isn't that big of a deal for a change?
consonants 13y ago
You are mistaken. This is the landing page for the leak: http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html Linkbaiting is on the submitter. Wikileaks has done no disservice here.
kn0thing 13y ago
In the spirit of total transparency, I have published all of my own emails for the meeting with Stratfor and all subsequent emails: http://imgur.com/a/oZHt1 http://imgur.com/a/oZHt1 What you'll find will bore you: RECAP: I have never worked for Stratfor, I've tweeted screenshots from my inbox with every exchange -- they invited me to their office during SXSW, I got a tour and they asked me for a quote to consult, so I gave it to them, but it went nowhere. We hadn't talked since. https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372033348052340736 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372033348052340736 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372028024532643841 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372028024532643841 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372008427528396801 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372008427528396801 I'd been a big fan because no one else reported on Caucasus as well and I was living in Armenia at the time. When the Wikileaks revelation happened years later, I did not renew my subscription. Here's a bonus upload of a program from a panel at Booz Allen I was on (that was a paid gig) in 2007. http://imgur.com/MXtxvEZ http://imgur.com/MXtxvEZ Nonetheless, Adrian Chen wanted an interview, so here it is: http://imgur.com/MVZR0ay http://imgur.com/MVZR0ay
- MysticFear 13y ago
  Love your Small Empires show. Most people when interviewing entrepreneurs don't go into how their product/service looked like at the very beginning. It gives great insight. Keep it going! http://www.theverge.com/video/small-empires http://www.theverge.com/video/small-empires
  - kn0thing 13y ago
    Thank you very much, MysticFear! It's been loads of fun to do and the Verge production team is top shelf. I'll keep focusing on those early days, been hearing that a lot -- there's a lot more additional footage I hope makes it into a VHX bundle when the season is done.

radiusq 13y ago

I doubt wikileaks posted the HN submission. Also, the link referenced points to a particular email among many thousands. It wasn't hand-picked by wikileaks but probably by the HN submitter.

state 13y ago

Could this be an elaborate conspiracy? I doubt it. Wouldn't it be nice to see WikiLeaks say something just isn't that big of a deal for a change?

consonants 13y ago

You are mistaken. This is the landing page for the leak: http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html http://wikileaks.org/the-gifiles.html Linkbaiting is on the submitter. Wikileaks has done no disservice here.

kn0thing 13y ago

In the spirit of total transparency, I have published all of my own emails for the meeting with Stratfor and all subsequent emails: http://imgur.com/a/oZHt1 http://imgur.com/a/oZHt1 What you'll find will bore you: RECAP: I have never worked for Stratfor, I've tweeted screenshots from my inbox with every exchange -- they invited me to their office during SXSW, I got a tour and they asked me for a quote to consult, so I gave it to them, but it went nowhere. We hadn't talked since. https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372033348052340736 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372033348052340736 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372028024532643841 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372028024532643841 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372008427528396801 https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/372008427528396801 I'd been a big fan because no one else reported on Caucasus as well and I was living in Armenia at the time. When the Wikileaks revelation happened years later, I did not renew my subscription. Here's a bonus upload of a program from a panel at Booz Allen I was on (that was a paid gig) in 2007. http://imgur.com/MXtxvEZ http://imgur.com/MXtxvEZ Nonetheless, Adrian Chen wanted an interview, so here it is: http://imgur.com/MVZR0ay http://imgur.com/MVZR0ay

MysticFear 13y ago
Love your Small Empires show. Most people when interviewing entrepreneurs don't go into how their product/service looked like at the very beginning. It gives great insight. Keep it going! http://www.theverge.com/video/small-empires http://www.theverge.com/video/small-empires
- kn0thing 13y ago
  Thank you very much, MysticFear! It's been loads of fun to do and the Verge production team is top shelf. I'll keep focusing on those early days, been hearing that a lot -- there's a lot more additional footage I hope makes it into a VHX bundle when the season is done.