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Thanks! I'm going to add that site to my blacklist of sites not to visit. I'm serious on that. I can't vote investments out of office, but I can stop using si
by mkal_tsr 12y ago
Thanks! I'm going to add that site to my blacklist of sites not to visit.
I'm serious on that. I can't vote investments out of office, but I can stop using sites/services and stop promoting them when they take investments from VCs/investors with questionable ethical investments. I'm sure it's a (somewhat) financially sound investment, but that doesn't mean I will go along with it as a consumer or (bootstrapped) startup founder.
Honesty and integrity have become null and void in Silicon Valley and I'm completely fed up with the bullshit. Cut the crap already, ya know? It's the same beef I have with the founders that try to save face when a similar product or service comes out. I know they're frustrated/upset/disappointed, but the whole, "oh, they're a good service too, btw our product..." crap that I've seen on HN lately.
I'm well aware that my idealism does not make perfect business sense, but business is not the end all be all of life, and I'm completely over Silicon Valley propping up bullshit to market bullshit with more bullshit on top. One of these days there will be a VC firm that only invests in transparent and ethically-sound businesses, and I will be doing whatever I can to give my money to those start-ups.