Executive Resignation Speculation
The cluster focuses on speculations about why a prominent leader or executive is stepping down, resigning, or being pushed out, including theories of reputation protection, avoiding cancellation, plausible deniability, or internal pressures.
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Could be he's getting pushed out?
hard agree, that might be the end of him if it wasn’t just for a photo op
He doesn’t want to get cancelled?
He's probably hoping to remain anonymous...
I think it's pretty unlikely. More likely that he's simply trying to salvage his brand.
I think there is a story here actually that is a valuable lesson to those who read HN.He goes to a great lengths to tell this as "nothing to see here, move along.."Now why would he do that?My theory on this is that in the past he didn't have to contend with pain in the ass bystanders doing the same thing that he did. Those amateurs are now making it increasingly difficult for a professional like him to do his job.As a result he wants to send a message out there for fear that if he do
He can't just quit like that. He has a reputation to uphold.
Seems a lot like he's stepping down now to avoid being dragged down later.
He has an out for now, but that out will not last forever
Not sure, but I wonder if someone will find something to disqualify him...