Comments on: Netscape Parties’ Like Its 1999: AOL Quietly Crushes Calacanis’s “Social” Legacy

By: Omnibusmedier og sociale services | GigaBoot Inc.

Omnibusmedier og sociale services | GigaBoot Inc. — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:23:41 +0000

[...] yndlingseksempel er Netscape.com, som godt nok bliver lukket om ikke så længe, for at genopstå på et andet domæne. Her er det faktisk lykkedes rimeligt [...]

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Omnibusmedier og sociale services « — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:17:36 +0000

[...] yndlingseksempel er Netscape.com, som godt nok bliver lukket om ikke så længe, for at genopstå på et andet domæne. Her er det faktisk lykkedes rimeligt [...]

By: Digidave

Digidave — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:04:59 +0000

Just more stuff on the side.

I ran into Jason calacanis the day after the big announcement about upcoming changes. While he wouldn’t let me quote him directly — he did have a mouthful to say.

Link

As for being informed: My personal experience as a Navigator (Scout) — Ryan has done a good job at keeping us up to date. At times, I imagine that is hard — because there are so many of us — and we are technically just part-time contractors — but we do keep in touch pretty regularly.

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:24:14 +0000

Hey Ryan

Thanks for clearing that up — publicly. :)

I do write a great many things on this Blog, including conjecture, hypothesis, rumors, speculation and sometimes even fact. But I’ll always say which is which.

I’ll be happy to make a correction later.

Having said that, I did look for you this morning to get the official word on things :)

By: Ryan j Budke

Ryan j Budke — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:00:59 +0000

Tony, if someone told you this, then someone told you this, there’s nothing I can do about that, but if you’re merely assuming the Scouts (no longer the Navigators) are kept in the dark, or are going on extremely outdated information, you may want to consider an update or disclaimer. Because of their status as “not full time” employees, there are unfortunate times when they don’t get the full disclosure that AOL employees who’ve undergone the required Standards and Practices training, but that does not mean they’re not an integral part of the team, who I keep up to date as technologically possible. Your article paints it as if every employee on the team has been kept purposely in the dark.

Again, if this is what someone told you, that’s what you were told, but I have internal documents showing that the Scouts were made aware of the situation in Mid-August. So, you’re either sitting on outdated information, or someone doesn’t read their email. Both unfortunate, but both nothing I can control outside of yelling in someone’s face.