Looking into swirling tea leaves, I see the future of this discussion... on a blog!
--- In [email protected], Andrew Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am seeing the posts rolling in now about taking this off list as I > am just about to publish the below. I'd like to go ahead and publish > it, I think its relevant. It has to do with videoblogging, blogging, > history of the space and people who are involved: > > On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Jason McCabe Calacanis wrote: > > > Oh boy... I probably shouldn't even respond to something so libelous. > > However, this is so false I've got to correct it. > > > > > 1. Stealing the idea and the people from Gizmodo to make the > > > identical knock off- Engagdget > > > > False. > > > > > > The point I was trying to make though, is that you didn't do anything > innovative or new, you just take one thing and clone it exactly the > same. This is fine Jason, Im just saying you do business by knocking- > off others. This is not interesting to me and I have found in my life > that people who do this are usually selfish at the expense of others. > > > > 2. Not paying employees fair wages. > > > > False. > > > > > But you write: "better than or as good as Denton" > > I rest my case. > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Trying to steal Amanda from Rocketboom (only one day after news > > > broke) > > > > False. > > > > > > Are people not allowed to make offers? Would you rather talented folks > > not get offers when they've achieved success? After working for you > > should Amanda never work again? I'm confused. > > Your confused because you don't seem to have any understanding of the > social element. Its just really rude and not supportive, Jason. Its > selfish because you always think you have so much more to offer and > in that case you knew nothing at all about what was going on or who > we were. Imagine that the news broke that you and your wife were > having problems and then the next day, your business partner called > her up for a date. Yea, I know, this is not about love affairs, but > there is a social element involved and you have repeatedly shown > disrespect for others who are participating and trying to get along > in the same space. > > > > > > > 4. Trying to steal top posters from Digg for Netscape > > > > False. > > > > I beg to differ. After a long history of cloning other peoples idea, > I think its true that you not only tried to clone digg and failed > miserably, but also had the audacity to goto Digg to try to sway away > the top posters (for miserable salary no less). Again, you didn't > understand the social, but by this time, it was the online social you > didn't understand. What happened in the end? People revolted against > you for trying to "rip of digg" (these are not my words), the site > crashed and burned and now you are gone. Say what you will about > quitting, its a great self-defense. I know people who have a history > of saying they were fired when they quit and saying they quit when > they were fired. I guess its just a coincidence that the project you > had suggested turned to crap right at the same time. > > > > > > 3. Building a site called Mahalo which is suffering badly and no one > > > likes. > > > > The 1.5 million unique who've come in the last 30 days (our fifth > > month) might disagree with you. :-) > > > > Out of 1.5 million, where are the positive reviews? I have never seen > a single positive review of Mahalo. Ever. I know you must have a few > Jason, can you point us to a really good review of Mahalo by someone > who really understands the space? Just one good one - there must be one? > > > > In terms of Veronica you can be sure she has a much better deal than > > the one she had at CNET. You can also be sure she has much more > > resources behind her than ever. > > > > Great. More salary than Nick Denton pays, and better salary than > CNET. Not exactly something to boast about. So why are you the one > here doing the work? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
