[jsprogrammer]

>But as it went down, his instinctive response (to fire the lowly, disenchanted employee)

I believe the CEO said he was not involved in the firing (and perhaps only heard of it after Talia's termination?).

[kafkaesq]

Right -- he said that, but if you think for a moment how decisions are made in these environments, it lacks credibility.

[nilkn]

Talia has also confidently maintained on Twitter that she was told she was fired for the letter, even though Yelp's CEO wrote that her dismissal was unrelated to it. I'm personally more inclined to believe her. It would be far too coincidental that she was let go immediately after the letter but the letter was not involved in any way. Once you've established that part of the CEO's response was fabricated, the rest of it doesn't seem trustworthy either.

[kafkaesq]

I'm personally more inclined to believe her.

Right, me too. The CEO's evasions on this matter serve no purpose, and just bring Yelp's credibility further into question, generally.

[jsprogrammer]

Why would the CEO of Yelp lie? My understanding was that she was fired within a few hours of making the post, on a Friday afternoon.

Does the Yelp CEO make every hiring (and firing) decision?