a letter to pyra, dissected; saturn.org.

ev assumed that blogger had become something bigger than the sum of its parts (or the sum of its creators) and in that, he was right. where he was wrong was when he convinced the congregation that his own motivations for keeping blogger alive were out of divine goodwill. the way he handled things is not the way someone handles a work of charity, it was like someone snatching a baton and then running on past all his teammates all the way to the finish line. as much as he may sincerely thank them later on for their help, it's hard to find it very sincere given the circumstances.