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Wow - that was asinine. Say what you will about Clinkle's mess (http://techwatching.com/tag/clinkle http://techwatching.com/tag/clinkle), no one's served well b

• michaelochurch 13y ago
  I disagree. When rich spoiled idiots with bad ideas get funded based on family connections and "pedigree", that takes the resources away from people of talent. We get fired and blacklisted if we try to unionize, disparage (much less sue) bad actors, or otherwise fight on behalf of talent or labor or even innovation. Ridicule is the one weapon we have left against these assholes.
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    • michaelochurch 13y ago
      Emotions are irrelevant. My point is that, not only do I argue (subjectively) that it should be acceptable to ridicule undeserving people in positions of power or rank, it's also (objectively) socially useful. If our leaders are poorly chosen, we should replace them. Right now, pedigreed incompetents are ranked above me and probably you. Do you want to change that, or let it stay as it is? This is self-interest, as well as a general desire to improve society. Emotional state (e.g. bitterness) isn't really relevant here.
• zbruhnke 13y ago
  One of the Spout co-founders here. Sorry to hear you found it to be strictly mean. We meant the post all in good fun and we knew we'd be opening ourselves up to criticism since we're still in a closed beta ourselves. We certainly didn't write this in a mean-spirited sense, just wanted to poke a bit of fun at the startup community.