Uh Oh. Not Another “Don’t Be Evil” Company
Updated: 2010-03-16 06:18:48
. Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Disrupt 2010 More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact Events Jobs Trends : Subscribe TechCrunch Disrupt Is Coming May 24-26 Uh Oh . Not Another Don’t Be Evil” Company 42 Comments Buzz it by Michael Arrington on Mar 15, 2010 Long ago Google unofficially abandoned the Don’t Be Evil mantra and replaced it with , no kidding , an evil scale . 8221 Sometimes you have to chose between the lesser of two weevils , as Patrick O’Brian would say And frankly , just staying this side of decent is enough for most . companies So when Twitter CEO Evan Williams said earlier today that one of Twitter’s operating principles was to be a force for good I cringed a . little One of the most important lessons I’ve learned in business , and am still learning , is to never trust anyone who says you can trust me . 8221 That’s a big red flag that they’re planning something really messed up in the near future . And likewise , a company shouldn’t be out there saying don’t be evil” or be a force for good . 8221
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I wish I could take credit for the title here, but it is all Mike Monteiro, appropriately, by way of Twitter. Below, find a sampling of some of the other best tweets about the keynote. As someone who was in the audience, all seem pretty accurate.
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