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Now Ben Horowitz has to step down from a16z out of respect to Taylor.


I read about the history of this incident, all for the first time today, through someone linking me to the Twitter back-and-forth between @TaylorLorenz and @bhorowitz. https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1278506515679322112?...

Reading the original expose, https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/5/20995453/away-luggage-ceo... ; Korey's message in stepping down, https://twitter.com/sallyshin/status/1203007359762649088 ; the NYT piece about her return (just a name change, folks, she was never really stepping down at all!), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/business/steph-korey-away... ; to this second "stepping down" announcement.

In my opinion, Korey's behavior in the original expose was unacceptable, never mind toxic for the brand, so I find Ben's behavior immature. He's crying wolf with his claim that this is cancel culture and just a Twitter war.




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