Comment by wwarneck | Hacker News Reader

Comment by wwarneck | Hacker News Reader

Wayne Chang does a great job of telling a story using bits of history to over represent reality.

He claims in several places to have worked at Napster, despite the fact that he was only a volunteer Moderator for chat on the service. Even in his linked in he lists himself as an "Administrator" but that title specifically represented a user access level above "Moderator" (both volunteer community positions) that he did not have.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/waynechang

He also represents himself as a consultant to AllAdvantage, when in reality he created "click bot" that automated AllAdvantage use.

This lawsuit is interesting, but I strongly encourage digging into the history of Wayne before coming to any conclusions.

(Note: I was an actual Administrator for the Napster service, but never employed. I am quite familiar with Wayne "ttol" Chang from #napster on EFNet, and I've had several 'disccusion' about his LinkedIn profile with other people in similar position to me.)

I was never paid by Napster, Inc (although probably should have been ;). Those were fun times. My career was just getting started so it was my pleasure to volunteer my time -- 8 to 10 hours a day. I was responsible for the Napster Ground Zero effort, which I started and managed. I was an administrator there -- not just only a chat moderator volunteer on the Napster service (although I did have the chat moderator access level as well). The Napster Ground Zero service was insanely popular and allowed napster users to have a persistent identity online, beyond just the chat service. I received a written recommendation from a Napster cofounder and created some great relationships, which was great at that early time in my career. I appreciate every moment of that experience. On a side note, it was great to connect with them again in person at the Napster 10-year reunion last year (can you believe it's already been over 10 years now?). Shawn Fanning throws amazing parties.

As for AllAdvantage, I was a security consultant there. This was a paid position. I was involved directly with the company (and have maintained contact with some of the people there over the years, including the CEO). The software I created, first of its kind called MyAdvantage, got their attention. I was asked to be a security consultant for them to hunt down other software and to help protect their Viewbar software. I agreed and helped with the onslaught of the waves of similar software to my original. Sadly, their business model was fundamentally flawed, but that's an entirely different story.

Great times back then. Heady days of the last dot-com boom.

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