well, any reporter writing about Coinbase now has the incentive to give the company ~zero time to comment on their reporting. good job, Coinbase!https://blog.coinbase.com/upcoming-story-about-coinbase-2012afc25d27 …
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this is probably the worst PR strategy I’ve seen in 2020
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Even if Coinbase is right on the NYT story, this is a horrible strategic decision. How much lead time reporters give companies is based on trust. That trust has been obliterated — for any outlet ever writing about Coinbase ever again That trust is more important than one story.
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like even ignoring the ~ethics~ of this, this is short-termism on steroids and will fantastically backfire it’s both wrong AND dumb
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Replying to @teddyschleifer
not really sure what you’re referring to here. i have never before heard about ethical obligations of the subject of a story to its writer... ???
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not even arguing the ethics here. just the strategy.
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did you not just imply there may be something ethically amiss here in the tweet i responded to?
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