when did he deny it?
and if he didn’t do it then how was he right?
Discussion
When he addressed the incident around the time the allegations surfaced a year ago, I know he gave his opinion on dev funding in general on WBD with Peter a year ago.
According to him, he expressed his concerns about funding developers to Cathie and others, which is different than threatening them with being crushed by him, which is what you said happened.
All I’m saying is that your account of what happened in those conversations does not align with his account. I’m sure you can see why what you said steered a lot of controversy and drama, especially since there were no receipts or sources to back up the alleged threat.
https://youtu.be/lwmyaxpJwoc?feature=shared
Saylor’s opinion on dev funding 2:02:56
if your issue is simply my usage of the word ‘crush’ in the two posts i made on the topic then this is just a useless debate on semantics
if i could take that word back, i would, but i did not lie
i have operated in this space publicly for a decade, with max transparency, and i have never lied
i intentionally did not pass judgement in the two posts i made about the situation, my goal was simple, bring a closed discussion into the open
many people in the space knew what went down, nobody made it public before me because people knew there would be negative implications on their careers if they did
My issue is with the lack of proof for the allegation you made about Saylor threatening people if they funded devs.
People are allowed to have opinions, but threatening to crush others for disagreeing with him is a huge red flag. So naturally I want to know whether he did or did not threaten people. Did he?
It may seem like it’s just semantics, but in this case, it matters a lot which words were said. You didn’t lie about his feelings on developer funding, but you might have lied about what he would do to people that disagree with his opinion. That’s the part I cared about.
i was not in the meeting
my sources told me that he told them not do it, strongly
and they did not do it because they were worried about going against him
if you do not think there is business pressure to align with saylor in this industry then i do not know what to say except open your eyes