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by davidkarp 5964 days ago
Tumblr has a very informal attitude regarding staff blogs. Meaghan was a blogger before she ever worked for Tumblr. When she blogs about things, it's not an official response. It's merely her personal reaction. The staff blog is at http://staff.tumblr.com.

Tumblr employees wouldn't be using the service effectively if they were all stodgy officials. The fact that they're allowed to be themselves, flaws and all, is a feature.
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stanleydrew 5964 days ago
Perhaps a feature for the individuals who work there, but certainly not a feature for the company itself. This looks bad for Tumblr no matter where it gets posted. This was a response to a matter affecting the company, not Meghan personally, so it would seem to be a reflection of the company's thoughts no matter where it appears.
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anonjon 5964 days ago
Honestly, that doesn't really look too bad to me. Meghan told us how it went down from her point of view.

Its refreshing to see a response that doesn't contain loads of obfuscated spin.

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sh4na 5964 days ago
You're right, it is refreshing to see someone flat out lie about company business in public on a personal blog. You don't get to see that every day :)
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anonjon 5963 days ago
Why do you assume that she is lying?
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dkersten 5963 days ago
Because the new story given by the owners of the domain in question have a completely different story to hers.

Honestly, I find her reply to be pretty rude.

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anonjon 5963 days ago
That doesn't necessarily mean that she is lying, it could very well be that someone else is lying, (I thought PR was all about lying to people?).

It could also be that no one is lying and the story simply was misremembered or garbled in transmission to respective PR departments.

If you are already being rude, why bother lying to cover your ass?

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