Alternative title: "We casually decided to run a social media site for a starched-collar pillar of the financial reporting community, and all we got out of it was some clever snark."
I think they also learned more about how toxic their active userbase actually is (I don't mean the general readership but people who comment.) You ever read the comments there? It's 100% trash.
The comments went to trash ever since they sold subscriptions to universities, I am still upset about this. But yes they are not worth a peek these days
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The tl;dr is “our lawyers and CEO hated it,” which is sad for the author who was just trying to have some harmless fun, but is not surprising.
Alternative title: "We casually decided to run a social media site for a starched-collar pillar of the financial reporting community, and all we got out of it was some clever snark."
Thats the entire point of ftalphaville. Its a great read, and free, barring email signup
I think they also learned more about how toxic their active userbase actually is (I don't mean the general readership but people who comment.) You ever read the comments there? It's 100% trash.
The comments went to trash ever since they sold subscriptions to universities, I am still upset about this. But yes they are not worth a peek these days