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> When he realised I wasn’t a mod, he didn’t want to know me. So if you weren't useful to him, you were nothing to him.. > Martin seemed much more interested
by whatevsbro 13y ago
> When he realised I wasn’t a mod, he didn’t want to know me.
So if you weren't useful to him, you were nothing to him..
> Martin seemed much more interested in helping others than amassing personal wealth
.. but naturally, he just loved helping people. This guy just waltzed into famous people's offices and added them to his network, and now he's left everyone posting adoring memorials about him, gushing about what a charming and wonderful person he was. Now there's a god-mode-sociopath if there ever was one.
- ThomPete 13y agoHe was 23 and he WAS very helpful I can attest to that.
- djtriptych 13y agoYou can't understand human nature well enough to be sure that he has a god complex and you don't have an insect complex.
- throwawayaccnt2 13y agoThe paragraph after is even more telling: This was a common theme when I spoke to people about Martin: he didn’t network in the normal way; instead, he was ruthlessly selective about who he wanted to befriend and charm. Soon enough, Dave and Martin were friends; on one occasion, Dave had just arrived at an SEO conference in San Jose and got a call from Martin at 2 AM: “Am I okay to sleep on your floor? So you can get me a free pass? Free bedroom?”—he expected a lot from his friends and in return he “was loyal – like no one else”. Also, the fact that he apparently made his fortune through SEO should if nothing else make people suspicious of him.