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If this comment had been the last email response in the chain, I think that would have been great.

The fact that it wasn't, that an important issue was dismissed when raised in private, speaks far more to me than this public response.




Damage control.

They went from "lol, you're the only one with a problem, get lost!" to "hmmm, this is generating bad publicity.. now we definitely sympathize with your concerns!" real quick.

As far as I'm concerned, I now know all I will ever need to know about Gigster.

Your reputation is something that takes a lifetime to build and only 5 minutes to ruin permanently.


> Your reputation is something that takes a lifetime to build and only 5 minutes to ruin permanently.

This is the most important takeaway from this entire sad thread. Wonderful comment!


Thanks! But let me make sure I properly credit Warren Buffett for it :)


> Your reputation is something that takes a lifetime to build and only 5 minutes to ruin permanently.

A quote I read somewhere recently: your reputation grows like a coconut tree, but fall like a coconut.




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