Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp
by marcinzm on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:06PM
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Except the powerful will simply use those tools to baselessly attack the weak especially those that pose problems to them. They, after all, have the money and influence to pay for much more professional attacks than the weak can scrounge together.
Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp
by fairity on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:11PM
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I don't see this as a case where a weak party is unable to fairly attack the powerful.
Even without outing the investors, many founders are currently doing the necessary research to identify the investor and will blacklist him.
I think we should keep in mind that:
1) The accusations are currently unsubstantiated
2) The reputational damage to the investor is already significant and largely irreversable
3) Outing the investor here will significantly increase the reputational damage to the investor
Given the above, I really don't see how it's fair to out the investor before substantiating the accusations or giving the investor time to respond.
I would rather live in a world where the powerful can be baselessly attacked compared to a world where the weak are unable to fairly attack them - if we need to err on one side or the other I prefer to put up with trolls and scammers.