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Releasing this as-is seems like a bad idea. He's likely addressing a former board member by name, as well as their firm. Couldn't you just look at all of the names of board members and their firms, compute the metrics of those names with the typeface being used, and then figure out exactly who he's talking about?

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I know a few people on Twitter have tried, but AFAIK no names have been leaked. But let's say he had said the name... is that a problem? People write blog posts about bad experiences quite frequently.

[EDIT: I was wrong, yesterday the person publicly acknowledged it's him.]

the name has leaked. It's Craig Shapiro from Collaborative Fund and Craig has replied on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/cshapiro/status/1317212694529802242

Holly crap, he doesn’t even meaningfully deny it.

> I urge everyone to think three times before you pile on to a Twitter mob or urge suicide on the target of a mob attack (thanks @ilyasu and @matrixpartners).

JFC, the guy who told him to commit suicide tries to act like he's the victim and defends himself by claiming he was just part of the mob, and didn't know who he was telling to kill themself. Nice to know he thinks it's fine to urge strangers to commit suicide.

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