Unacceptable. You guys fucked up. RIP AngelList
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11329246 and marked it off-topic.
It's a little worrying that people will be upset by something that didn't happen to them and throw it all away without a second thought.
There was an op-Ed in the New York Times the other day about a former UN bureaucrat saying the UN is broken and needs reform, and the astounding reader reaction was essentially to burn it down and start fresh.
I don't think many programmers here would seriously advocate the same approach with large systems.
What works at a startup often can't work at a big company. Or a university. Or a government. You have to work with the system you have. For those that leave angellist without a second thought, what are your alternatives? LinkedIn?