Bill Gurley Is Leaving Uber’s Board

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johan_larson ◴[22 Jun 17 01:32 UTC] No.14609498[source]▶

I remain flabbergasted by all of this upheaval at Uber. What's happening is the sort of housecleaning I would expect if the company had to file for bankruptcy or got caught flat out bribing judges or something. But really, what triggered all this was acting like jerks.

It seems to me, what should have happened (a long time ago) was that they got shut down for systematically breaking the law, or encouraging others to do so. That would have made sense.

But instead they are getting flayed alive by not much more than bad press for being jerks. Makes no goddamn sense.

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imron ◴[22 Jun 17 09:12 UTC] No.14610983[source]▶

>>14609498 #

> by not much more than bad press for being jerks

The problem with being a jerk is that people will dislike you.

They might put up with you if you are rich, successful and powerful, but they certainly won't look to help you if you are in trouble and may even come along to help put the boot in.

> Makes no goddamn sense.

What's happening makes perfect sense. People don't like jerks, and enjoy bringing them down.

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1. amrrs ◴[22 Jun 17 11:01 UTC] No.14611329[source]▶

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He might have been a jerk, not all jerks get the same treatment of being covered in Front Page for every single issue. And that's what makes me believe it's inflated https://hackernoon.com/travis-kalanick-lost-today-hoping-to-...

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2. imron ◴[22 Jun 17 12:33 UTC] No.14611756[source]▶

>>14611329 (TP) #

See above about sticking in the boot when in trouble. Some of that might be opportunistically sticking in the boot, but there's a lot less boot sticking if the person involved is not a jerk.