Comment by masukomi

> But then two things happened. First, Kevin and Maciej had the good-faith conversation described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11441978, and Kevin reluctantly concluded that Maciej doesn’t want to participate in the program as intended

How in the world do you come to that conclusion from THIS:

> Kevin: If you were seriously interested, I'd be delighted to work with you.

> Maciej: I feel like after seven years, I have a pretty good sense of what bookmarking/archiving needs people have, but am at the limits of what I can personally build. If the votes swing my way, I'd be happy to have a good-faith conversation with you.

And then how do you reconcile this statement from above:

> Kevin was excited by the prospect of working with [pinboard].

with this from below?

> tptacek: You weren't turning the knobs to see what would change. The outcome was clear, you didn't like it, and so you prevented it from happening.

> Kevin: Yes. I wasn't arguing against that.

if you wanted to work with Maceij, and he said he'd be happy to have a good faith conversation with you if he won, then why would you a) not like the outcome or b) prevent it from happening?

I don't really care who won, but these claims have no internal consistency and literally don't make any sense.