Re:Sierra Leone government denies the role of blockchain in ...
by notahacker on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:33PM
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Companies which double down on lying PR by personally attacking people correcting it (not even accurately apparently, given no evidence to suggest Tamba Lamin has any connection with French media reporting quotes from election officials) should not be anywhere near election counting.
http://en.rfi.fr/africa/20180319-sierra-leones-electoral-com...
https://np.reddit.com/r/agora/comments/85k6cx/sierra_leones_...
Agora makes zero attempt to rebut the claims with evidence, and instead, attack the source:
> Through research we have found that username "Tamba Lamin", who is the main source of this article, is from a competing service. You can do your own research into his position by Googling the username and "election". We do our part to not incite witch-hunts or dox users so please do not either but he used his real name on our channels and we have no other way to reference it.
The article by Tamba Lamin is just one of more than a dozen articles listed in the cited post that argue against Agora. This is not a great response from the Agora team (posted below for posterity):
Hi /u/custom1made, we welcome both positive and negative feedback on our company so we can continue to learn, earn trust, and grow.
Our continued success will attract many unsavory characters that will attack us - we must remain professional, honest, and composed - and hope to foster a community that agrees to that mantra.
We are very much hoping you will do your part in helping us stay strong so we can focus on our mission to bring transparent Democracy to the world.
Through research we have found that username "Tamba Lamin", who is the main source of this article, is from a competing service. You can do your own research into his position by Googling the username and "election". We do our part to not incite witch-hunts or dox users so please do not either but he used his real name on our channels and we have no other way to reference it.
Although his motives may have been questionable, he brought up important topics. We had an internal meeting about our stance on sensational subject titles, filters in place, and how we will handle incorrect information from third-party news organizations. Our intent is to set and keep the record straight.
As stated in our pinned posts and in all of our Reddit posts, we do not verify the accuracy of third-party news reports. Thank you.