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Comment by kefka

9 years ago

1. CEO is an ass.

2. Supports Booters, script kiddies, and pay-to-play blackhat hackers

3. Fucks over Tor any chance they can get.

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Proof for said allegations:

[Youtube video] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575047 look for user:eastdakota page text:"Yes, you can see Brian's critique of us here:"

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j_s  9 years ago

The exchange starts at https://youtu.be/wW5vJyI_HcU?t=45m17s

I'm not sure I see this from your perspective; multiple people in the crowd clap after your point "C", and much more clapping is heard when he sits down. If I were forced to classify the behavior (edit:specifically at 48:08) I would choose "smartass". The entire discussion is interesting in light of what happened recently with Uber/Kalanick.

  • kefka  9 years ago

    I was listening to the booing, shouts of disbelief and guffawing (and clapping) when he gave his zinger about journalists.

    He was invited on stage, and continually berates Krebs. He could have did that graciously, but instead continually insults. He admits that when the Booters do pay, they're paid with stolen CCs. And then, finally attacks Krebs' standing as a Journalist.

    Uh, no. Absolutely not. No way, no how.

    I'll deal with Google, Amazon, Microsoft.. Whomever for a CDN. I'm not touching CloudFlare.

    • j_s  9 years ago

      My impression was the crowd's response was more of a "sick burn" (Krebs himself smiles and nods in this manner) rather than booing, shouts of disbelief and guffawing (and clapping). If anyone is seriously considering avoiding CloudFlare based on your summary of the interaction, I encourage them to view the video for themselves.

      I personally appreciate the willingness to be true to oneself with a quick-witted reply rather than 100% PR-safe professionalism all the time. However, I don't mean to imply that your impression somehow should change or that you should change your decision! My world would be so much nicer if I could just avoid working with people that rubbed me the wrong way.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW5vJyI_HcU&feature=youtu.be...

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