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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by nhangen on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:44PM (#8625108)
In all fairness, Paul and Sara have been on an absolute witch hunt, seemingly angry because of Travis' capitalist ideals. I'm not going to defend the guy that made these comments, but I've heard enough from Sara and Paul to know that Pando has waged war on Uber, and should not be surprised that they've ruffled some feathers.

Pando also shares a common investor with Lyft, so there's that...

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by quadratical on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @02:54PM (#8625937)
In all fairness, Paul and Sara have been on an absolute witch hunt, seemingly angry because of Travis' capitalist ideals.

I've desperately avoided commenting on anything related to his because I've known Travis for about a decade, but... you are sadly mistaken. Uber has a downright toxic culture. Sarah might have gone a little far here and there, but it is not because Travis is capitalistic, but because he's turned into some kind of megalomaniac nearly unrecognizable from the person I knew a decade ago.

I recently saw a lovely email sent by Travis for an offsite reminding everyone that they were not allowed to fuck their subordinates and he, by extension, was not allowed to fuck anyone. That isn't just toxic to women. That is downright scumbaggery.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by theorique on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @02:45PM (#8632165)
I recently saw a lovely email sent by Travis for an offsite reminding everyone that they were not allowed to fuck their subordinates and he, by extension, was not allowed to fuck anyone. That isn't just toxic to women. That is downright scumbaggery.

That sounds like a reasonable reminder of the rules and protocols. Unless you are suggesting that the power differential can be overcome and managers should have sex with their subordinates.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:03PM (#8633590)
> but because he's turned into some kind of megalomaniac nearly unrecognizable from the person I knew a decade ago.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of VC money does that to people. Looking forward to the documentary about Uber after its function is turned into a commodity.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by gmar on Thursday November 20, 2014 @04:40AM (#8634999)
> I recently saw a lovely email sent by Travis for an offsite reminding everyone that they were not allowed to fuck their subordinates and he, by extension, was not allowed to fuck anyone.

What's wrong with that?

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by api on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @01:25PM (#8625361)
... then Travis is playing right into their hands and feeding the troll.

Personal flame wars on the net are one thing, but involving your company in that shit? The minute you take money and hire other people it's not your personal sandbox. This 4chan crap should at best come with a huge "my opinions are my own" disclaimer and should never involve your company.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by hackuser on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:05PM (#8626350)
> Paul and Sara have been on an absolute witch hunt, seemingly angry because of Travis' capitalist ideals

That sounds very speculative and about someone's state of mind. Could you give concrete examples of what you mean?

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by eli on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @02:46PM (#8625881)
Acting like an ass is not necessarily a zero-sum game. But that doesn't change the fact that publicly musing about going after someone's family for revenge is totally unacceptable.
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