[selykg]

This is the type of thing where goodwill is burned and it takes time to earn it back. I don't think we just brush it under a rug either. In my opinion, you don't just get to "resolve it" and then everyone forgets about it. For me, future decisions and importantly, actions, will help me personally move past this and "move on" as you say.

[googlryas]

Ok, sounds good about it taking time - assuming perfect behavior, how long will it be before you stop referencing the affair whenever an unrelated repl.it story comes up?

[selykg]

Can I ask why you're so defensive about it?

I feel like, if there's ANYTHING we have learned in the past decade or two it's that people who defend a company tend to be doing so for the wrong reasons. See Sony or Microsoft, or Apple or Android, etc. Defending a company is just weird.

I look at replit as a tool, run by people. The tool might be cool, but the CEO made a bad decision and now I judge the product on that CEOs actions. There's no definitive time frame or action that just magically makes it better.

But in general, I'll stop thinking about the stupid actions of the CEO when my brain stops reminding me "Oh, no matter how cool this is, the actions of the CEO were incredibly poor." When will that be? No idea, but maybe sometime down the road he does enough good things that I will suddenly stop and think "cool, looking back, he's done enough good that I can probably forget about the poor decision he made and start looking at this again, because he's proven he isn't that one stupid action."

Goodwill is earned, it's not simply given. It's often hard won, but incredibly easy to lose.

[googlryas]

I'm just tired of seeing the same low effort comments on HN when a given topic comes up.

Google => when will they cancel this?

Meta => metaverse what a joke

Etc...

[selykg]

I mean, I think it's relevant still. My time to move on from this particular instance might be different than someone else's, and there may be people out there that did not hear about that particular story. Personally, I feel everyone should have the opportunity to make their own decision on what I believe are poor actions made by a company.

We do it every day, whether we realize it or not. As a people we should support the companies that do good, and we should be aware of the companies doing bad. There's room for grey in there, it's not a one size fits all. But if you aren't aware of the bad then you aren't informed in your decision making.

If it bothers you, sorry. But I see it as a pro. I had a really bad experience with Remarkable, every time it comes up, I point out my experience so that others who might be making their own decision can use my experience in their decision making. When a company performs poorly. I guess by the metric you've provided above, this would be a low effort comment by your definition.

[ChrisKnott]

It doesn't seem healthy to care more about this than the people actually involved

[selykg]

The CEO's actions are a reflection of the company. I'm not sure I "care more about it" than I am simply aware of their past actions when making decisions on whether to use their product or not.