[SamBam]

I believe GP was referring to the Ello founder Budnitz, who said that line, as the "dick."

I agree. He was responding to perfectly justified -- and accurate -- criticism by saying how sad it is to be a person with such views of the world.

[Andrex]

Yes. The author of the article knows how to write enjoyably.

The CEO he was quoting is the subject of my schadenfreude.