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galaxyLogic · 2020-11-26 18:44:28

Well you have an eye for objectivity. Many people don't. And whenever there are two conflicting versions of a story it sows some doubt on both of them. We know this from politics already. So from a pure PR and game-theoretic standpoint I think they made the right (pro-active) move.

killerdhmo | karma 458 | avg karma 3.55 · | 2022-06-02 17:22:22

I think it's a PR CYA move. It was being picked up on social media and they had to say something

Mc_Big_G | karma 1991 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2019-02-07 16:50:28+00:00

To be fair, this could also just be a PR response to diffuse the situation. You don't really know who is being honest here.

tsunamifury | karma 6581 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2023-11-17 19:16:16

Ha Most people don’t know how slipshod these things go. Succession had it right when people were always fighting over the PR release trying to change each others statements.

gruez | karma 34333 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2024-01-08 20:45:09

Prior drama: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38897363

Personally I think it's great that they removed this potential conflict of interest, but the fact that the announced this while conveniently omitting the events that led up to this makes me still distrust them.

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Theizestooke | karma 318 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2016-07-13 13:52:06+00:00

I'm not surprised, since PR material was probably the source of the information.

calambrac | karma 1931 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2009-09-11 21:31:00+00:00

Jesus Christ, there's a lot of drama-mongering in this thread. Grow the fuck up, it's a business decision that both sides had an interest in seeing happen.

davidu | karma 5818 | avg karma 5.36 · | 2010-09-07 20:43:44+00:00

There are a lot of different versions of the truth here and of what the facts are.

I think most folks believe that the amounts and concealment were not really issues, as neither was either significant or deliberate.

I think the real issue was that the board was too weak to deal with what they expected the media fallout to be after the beating they took in their last scandal.

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Dobbs | karma 2030 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2020-12-22 21:11:38+00:00

This is definitely how I read the situation when it was announced.

rottencupcakes | karma 2406 | avg karma 7.08 · | 2024-05-23 19:05:27

Yes, you’re absolutely right.

I wasn’t aware of the drama and conflict behind this and read his press release in a vacuum.

It didn’t add anything and only added more negativity to this conflict.

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mc32 | karma 33963 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2017-06-08 14:29:00+00:00

If true, a nice defensive move -but a frought one which could raise the eyebrows of anti-competition watchdogs. That's some potentially thin ice.

mensetmanusman | karma 15660 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2022-04-22 19:12:54

This was in the works long before the controversy, the way it is being spun is probably fake news.

soared | karma 7083 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2021-09-14 08:16:10

Source? Everything I’ve read talks about that decision being very real.

cozzyd | karma 5602 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2022-02-04 21:33:55

cynically, to increase the controversy (I doubt that's what happened though)

fumar | karma 2796 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2021-01-29 18:42:23

This is as I understood it. There is a lot of misinformation from folks who believe to understand the entire situation from all players' perspective. I am not able to comprehend the situation well enough. If anyone has seen a good non-biased write up on what has happened so far and what may happen, I would love to see it.

skinkestek | karma 4606 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2020-07-17 18:25:37+00:00

Possible explanation. But I think it is more like someone took advantage of the situation after the news have been undermining their own credibility for decades.

yablak | karma 832 | avg karma 6.16 · | 2023-06-06 17:55:19

Strikes me as "let's confirm and be extra sure before making public statements". But feel free to tell the story you want to hear.

seiji | karma 8711 | avg karma 3.7 · | 2012-12-13 12:44:53

Do we know these are facts or are these pundit interpretations of nods and whispers? I see a lot of people screaming about how it went down, but they are just citing thrice-removed speculation from a blog four months ago.

admn2 | karma 250 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2022-07-21 11:40:20

I was surprised to see the CSO replying to the tweet. I do agree with you, but do you think that was more for the PR and they knew about it or no way?

WhereIsTheTruth | karma 702 | avg karma 0.81 · | 2023-06-24 17:02:38

Knew it, I'm pretty sure they now got the confirmation that they got manipulated

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36452875

Why would they change their mind this quick, the narrative doesn't make sense at all, it's very hard to get proper source, so we'll have to compose with what we have

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