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@Marius Schulze
Ego kills success. It happens everywhere!
@Ferris Salameh
they don't deserve you, Alexia.
@Hua Zhong
Is this a resignation letter?
@Rick Rodriguez
More like a "i don't want to resign but I will if you jack asses don't get it together" letter.
@Dirk de Kok
when in doubt, quit.
@Sardar Mohkim Khan
i wonder if she would actually quit. That doubt is just to help her write "one more article", that's about it.
@Dirk de Kok
ha, let's see!
@James Hopkins
Once Tom Hanks made that shitty movie about checking his email, you kind of got the feeling AOL was always going to suck.
@Abid Azam
Sounds like a good short.
@Joe Harper
You rock. Are you going to gut a bass atop a pile of T.P.S. reports in your cubicle tomorrow? I hope things work out for you. Life is too short. Say what you feel. Always.
@Steve Parent
*waits for Michael Arrington's witty reply* - It's sad. I would love to see Mike take his money, or hell even go for an investment round and rehire every single one of you for uncrunched. Can you imagine AOL? In twelve months it would be the most exciting tech blog all over again. Instead, we have TC which..... well... great post.
@Daniel Velmon Lynch
if you can write like this about your company without getting fired you should stay...when's the last time you saw a scathing newscorp story at wsj?
@Abiel Abuy
Like reading Paul Carrs work... with less F word!! :)
@Avery D'Alessandro
Hire Max Woolf. He's the answer.
@Max Woolf
Max Woolf's 3 Step Plan To Fixing AOL: Step 1: Teach AOL executives that increase in Revenue = Good. Step 2: Teach AOL executives that increase in Losses = Bad. Step 3: Fire Arianna Huffington. It's a guaranteed success!
@George Daskalakis
Max, it looks like Arianna is going back to her roots and doing what modern Greeks in power do best, destroying value and driving away talent through crippling bureaucracy and politics.
@Dom Anthony Narducci
Max Woolf 1 and 2 might be substantially easier if 3 happens first.
@Max Woolf
Dom Anthony Narducci True, but it would be much more dramatic! She will be all "WTF WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS, I'M ARIANNA FUCKING HUFFINGTON, BITCH! I BUILT A FUCKING BLOG FROM THE GROUND UP! AND I CAN....wait are you firing me? YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. YOU ARE ALL MORONS!"
@Craig Kanalley
Thank you for posting this, Alexia. I recently moved on myself. I really enjoyed my two years with the Huffington Post, have nothing but good to say of Arianna and HuffPost personally. Amazing experience and talented people. But AOL has some serious problems and it's sad to see the talent exodus that's taken place. First step to solving problems is to acknowledge them, and it's kind of shocking to see AOL hasn't. To the contrary, as you say... this statement that everything is fine, which it's not. People who work there aren't stupid.
@Oye Aborishade
Techcrunch is falling apart slowly ahhhhhhh!
@Brian S. Hall
Another TechCrunch post about...TechCrunch. Lot easier I guess than going out and actually breaking news. Oh, and new rule. You can only hit up Arrington for a job once per blog post. Kthx.
@Jim Shaw
I agree. The quality of articles has gone downhill since Arrington left. I come to TechCrunch for the witty writing, not just tech news. Without the personalities, TC would be a lower quality Engadget.
@Karthik Bhoopathi
In the recent management departures from the link. http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-damning-letter-a-massive-aol-shareholder-just-sent-tim-armstrong-2011-12?op=1 why do all the people announced leaving on11th of the month?
@Craig Kanalley
It's 2011... they're all leaving in 2011.
@Michael Mitchell
You are the worst writer/journalist in the UNIVERSE. You don't don't need to capitalize after a semi colon--"i’m concerned; From what"--but, punctuation aside, you're just a bad writer. You say "four of these people are the smartest blah blah" but you don't say which 4 and since you had mentioned 5 or 6 people, the reader is left to wonder what the hell you're talking about and why.
@Thomas Vellaringattu
It looks like Alexia has a new job in hand. Michael Arrington wrote such an article before he got booted. Good luck Alexia.
@Seth Eheart
as many will tell you Alexia... get while the gettings good.
@Vanessa Camones
great post Alexia. what a shit show.
@Carlos Nieto
Ugly.
@Philip Lindblom
I think AOL has become an under-stimulated company, in need of challenges to direct the focus towards something everyone is involved with and a part of...This power struggle, badmouthing and clowning around is a clear sign of restlessness and lack of better things to do...
@Sardar Mohkim Khan
It is so surprising to note how politicized AOL actually sounds ad functions. While it is good to read about concerns, etc, it just shows how inefficient AOL is actually turning into. $15 Million in revenue and yet you can't prevent your Star from leaving (or actually forcing him to leave) is pointless.
@Seth Eheart
But seriously... AOL needs some SERIOUS re-branding. Name and logo change and completely change its business. I hear AOL and I think of those CD's I got back in the day. I would kill off 75% of the company projects and start fresh. Go after Google in search or something. They need to be bold. If not, they will always stay the punchline of every joke.
@Shomari Ewing
"The only question left to ask now is, Who's coming with me?"
@Abiel Abuy
AOL is actually accepting suggestions on how to save the company, just send in your suggestion at stevecase@aol.com! :)
@Michael Birch
Did someone call my name?