[alexashka]

> To put it more bluntly, we have been focusing on growth of a product that has not yet reached product-market fit.

I remember communicating with Ellen (the co-founder that has left the company) back in April (2 months before they let everyone go) when they asked for feedback. I said pretty much the gist of this blog post and received a one line answer of 'well, that's like, your opinion, maaan'.

I should feel vindicated, instead I feel sad. Dark got 3.5 million in funding - I'd be very curious to know where that money went (specifically how much the founder and co-founder have paid themselves) because it sure sounds like the founders got to 'try ocaml lol' with 3.5 million of someone else's money and then write blog posts about it that routinely show up on HackerNews, telling the rest of us of their 'lessons learned'.

[convolvatron]

I interviewed at Dark and spoke with Paul and Ellen. I was pretty impressed by how forthright they were. If you were going to score startups about how clueless they were and how unqualified to gamble with other people money, I would put them near the bottom.

[hjalle]

Quite a shitty accusation, isn't it?

Without knowing anything regarding the specific details, I would be pretty surprised if investors wouldn't be ready for both ups and downs.

[ABS]

are you accusing them of stealing money without any proof?