On: What Did Not Happen At Mt. Gox

[spindritf]

There are many interesting points made and dealt with in this article but what's weird/wrong/suspicious about a CEO using IRC?

Did he say something specifically stupid there? Or is the very medium tainted?

[lutusp → spindritf]

> There are many interesting points made and dealt with in this article but what's weird/wrong/suspicious about a CEO using IRC?

It contradicts the image of a corporate heavyweight, who by definition would want to avoid making informal remarks that might be misinterpreted by stockholders or the public. In some contexts, informal remarks by a corporate insider could be taken to suggest an intent to manipulate the public's perception of the company and therefore its market valuation.

> Did he say something specifically stupid there? Or is the very medium tainted?

Answers: Not necessarily, and yes, definitely.

[wmf → spindritf]

Feeding trolls on IRC sounds like a waste of time when he could have been, like, securing his customers' money or something.