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by metalens 2201 days ago
I am not sorry for him. What is your definition of merit for a board position?

As far as I know, board positions are often filled based on explicitly subjective criteria, e.g. such subjective criteria might be: Who is currently on the board and what personality/skillset/experience does the board need in order to balance its membership? Who does the company & board need in order to: raise as much money as possible, be introduced to the desired go-to-market partners, look good to customers, [insert any other subjective criteria here] etc.

I am not aware of the concept of objective "merit" when it comes to board of directors appointments.

~corrected for bad grammar~

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As disposible as Internet things are, it's nice that we are seeing what "could happen" when disagreements occur (its less valuable now).

Even if Walmart or Amazon disappeared, there would be another company there to fill the void (and very few would miss them), so with online opinion boards being a sithoshi a dozen, seddit4u is not the same thing as reddit.