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Edvard:
Not hard, actually... but this guy shows how it's done.

First, be an arrogant tool with a marketing company.
Then, deliver product late and react like an asshat when a customer calls you on it.
Finally, watch your world crumble before your eyes when that customer takes to his favorite forum with the emails.

http://penny-arcade.com/resources/just-wow1.html
http://penny-arcade.com/resources/an-update1.html
http://penny-arcade.com/2011/12/28/i-wwebsite-as-on-the-internet
http://kotaku.com/5871400/cut-paul-oceanmarketting-christoforo-a-breakhe-probably-just-has-roid-rage/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111229/02504317222/paul-christoforo-doesnt-seem-to-know-how-to-stop-digging-deeper-hole-internet-infamy.shtml
http://www.thegamingvault.com/2011/12/interview-with-paul-christoforo-formerly-of-ocean-marketing/



As much as I hate watching train wrecks, this one just amazed me.
It all happened in a little over 24 hours, and he even got his own memes, and a Wikipedia entry.
Read it before it gets baleeted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Christoforo

 

TaoPhoenix:
Nah, he won't be destroyed, the glories of information overload will see to that. He'll just change his company name and maybe even his own and then hire a front man, and be back in 3 months or less.

40hz:
hire a front man, and be back in 3 months or less.
-TaoPhoenix (December 29, 2011, 03:25 PM)
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Probably more like 48 hours. ;D

Nothing is more resilient than a jerk who knows he's a jerk.

They always have contingency plans in place. :-\

wr975:
Your post has obviously made my life very difficult and I have not slept yet dealing with all the spam and personal information intrusion as well as my family being smeared on the internet.
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I've seen "Contagion" the other day. In this movie there was a blogger with 12 million viewers he could influence and who would do what he says. In other words: He had power. He used it to make cash, but what would've happened if he complained about some support guy? A lot of his 12 millions fans would've made the life of this support guy a misery.

About the same happened here. I hope this "Gabe" guy from Penny-Arcade is happy. He used his site (4 million viewers) to destroy one customer support guy.  IMHO not funny at all...

Deozaan:
The guy acted like a jerk, we can all probably agree on that. But I don't like the idea of mob rule. I don't have much sympathy for him and his business, but I truly hope he was lying when he said his wife and kid(s) are being harassed as well.

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