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One of the people I was hanging around with online back then was Gordy Thompson, who managed internet services at The New York Times. I remember Thompson saying something to the effect of “When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem.” I think about that conversation a lot these days.
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