Congrats, Self-Righteous Internet Mob. You Killed a Magazine.

Re:Congrats, Self-Righteous Internet Mob. You Killed a Magaz... by robryan on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @07:04AM (#1913932)

Relating this to web startups, imagine the damage that would be done to a startup if private data being held on behalf of a customer were made public, accidentally or otherwise. Then a response stating the customer should be happy they are storing their data at all was given.

I've seen plenty of startup scandals on HN in the past where the founder has come out and defended what they did or admitted they did the wrong thing, but none as bad as the response for this magazine editor.

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Re:Congrats, Self-Righteous Internet Mob. You Killed a Magaz... by Jabbles on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @07:08AM (#1913940)

I'm not really sure I understand your analogy, copyright infringement and privacy violations are very different mistakes. Can you explain?

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Re:Congrats, Self-Righteous Internet Mob. You Killed a Magaz... by robryan on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @07:18AM (#1913952)

I mean more generally, a public outcry about something, either deliberately or inadvertently does. If a startup responded to one of these events in a similar way it would put people way offside and bring their credibility into question, as has happened in this situation.

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