[tsally]

This is one of those critical moments that may well define how people think about this company in the future. As mentioned before, the CEO needs to do better, right away.

Just to clarify, I am referring to the response, not to the actual event.

[dbrush]

This also might be a critical moment when people have to decide what rights and responsibilities a site has to the content it distributes, whether that be HD-DVD keys or a video stream of one's suicide.

[marvin]

I'd never bet my company on a political shift happening exactly when I need it to.

[goldsmith]

I don't really see how this would define how people see the company behind Justin.tv at all. You would have to find a pretty delusional person to claim that IRC had its reputation sullied by Brandon Vedas when he did the same thing a few years ago.

[jasonbentley]

He's not talking about the incident. He's talking about the CEO's bad response, and the deafening silence since.

[tsally]

He >:-0.

And yes, I was not referring to the actual incident, but rather the response.