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X-Istence · 2013-03-21 20:41:40+00:00

They have posted new status updates regarding the service to Twitter, and left the message regarding firing Adria, so I am not sure it is a fake.

jneal | karma 447 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2013-03-21 18:02:53+00:00

I don't believe this is fake, as much as I wish it was. They are still updating their Twitter and status blogs and I'd assume if it was fake, they'd see it and at least delete it. I've attempted calling and speaking with them directly through various direct extensions but no one answers.

Ettolrahc | karma 9 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2013-11-30 15:12:49+00:00

Some suggestions it was fraudulent over on @alex_gaynor's twitter, but unsure if something like this can be faked.

jsnell | karma 31283 | avg karma 8.16 · | 2023-03-29 14:44:05

This is probably fake. The past tweets in that account do not look like those of somebody working at OpenAI.

throwaway125 | karma 299 | avg karma 3.29 · | 2013-03-21 11:15:20

It's also on their twitter. Recent tweets seem to indicate it's real: https://twitter.com/SendGrid/status/314768776577036288

bhickey | karma 3728 | avg karma 3.85 · | 2023-12-10 09:15:48

Yeah, I previously confirmed with a PM at Cloudflare that it was 100% fake.

stephanerangaya | karma 95 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2021-01-28 20:28:10+00:00

I saw this on Twitter and couldn't find any sources to confirm that the e-mail screenshot is real. Take this with a pinch of salt, it might be fake.

cyanydeez | karma 1718 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2021-12-09 10:57:28

Seems odd to say fake.

Isn't it just a neo Nazi Twitter account?

Do people really place value in twitters authenticity?

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gasull | karma 10567 | avg karma 6.68 · | 2011-08-10 06:31:42+00:00

AnonOps said it's a fake: https://twitter.com/#!/anonops/status/101152229087657984

anigbrowl | karma 91010 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2020-12-24 01:33:46+00:00

The article and the Twitter account associated with it look fake af too.

celticninja | karma 5517 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2016-03-29 17:50:26+00:00

the account is only 2 hours old so I doubt it is real.

bhhaskin | karma 2350 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2021-07-25 06:12:13

Just in case you didn't read the Twitter comments; it is fake.

KindDragon | karma 76 | avg karma 5.43 · | 2022-09-21 14:33:21

This is a fake. There has been no confirmation anywhere at this time.

fvrghl | karma 602 | avg karma 5.1 · | 2024-05-21 16:18:22

No, the author of the tweet states it is fake in the following tweet. It's just a hypothetical.

imduffy15 | karma 132 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2020-11-20 00:42:44

Before someone claims its fake, here's a bit of detail about what happened behind the scenes https://twitter.com/imduffy15/status/1329575923310604295

curiousgal | karma 6178 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2017-01-31 22:23:36+00:00

It's fake.

codezero | karma 10212 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2017-06-03 17:39:29

Here's why I think this is fake:

A company with 40 devs and over 100 employees that lost an entire production db would have surfaced here from the downtime. Other devs would corroborate the story.

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MatthiasPortzel | karma 1924 | avg karma 4.44 · | 2022-10-16 19:39:49

Here's a convincing Twitter thread arguing the email is fabricated.

=> https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1581357030576574465

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hollasch | karma 369 | avg karma 3.97 · | 2019-04-09 18:15:54

Been going around. I'm thinking it's fake due to the increasing timeout delay.

vivin | karma 1136 | avg karma 12.22 · | 2013-03-21 13:25:22

It's not fake. They just confirmed it on their site:

http://blog.sendgrid.com/sendgrid-statement/

My post on this was deleted as well:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5416106

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