Announcement Timing Complaints

Commenters criticize a company's handling of an announcement for a major change, debating the lack of prior internal warnings to employees and maintainers versus waiting for a planned event, and questioning why more notice wasn't given despite rumors.

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Sample Comments

wccrawford May 18, 2011 View on HN

Yeah, this didn't happen overnight. They could have given more warning.

SandersAK Jul 22, 2015 View on HN

an announcement internally would have been nice...

jasonkostempski Mar 22, 2013 View on HN

Shouldn't this announcement have waited about a week?

chucknelson May 6, 2013 View on HN

I wonder what the motivation was to communicate this to employees now (knowing it would "leak"), versus just waiting until their event on 5/21. The rumor has been widespread for a while now, and I don't think two more weeks would have done much damage.

gummify May 21, 2013 View on HN

This message was from just two hours ago. But why make big announcement and then make changes? Should be other way around?

loloquwowndueo Sep 19, 2025 View on HN

Totally reads like post-facto CYA. they could have communicated this to the maintainers internally beforehand instead of blindsiding them.

yread Nov 2, 2019 View on HN

That analysis must have taken quite a while. Wasn't there any way to notify people earlier

Aardwolf Jul 10, 2024 View on HN

What's the story behind this? Did they get enough warning beforehand?

uoaei Aug 16, 2023 View on HN

Did they make a public announcement to that effect? Or do you have insider knowledge?

mackyinc Apr 29, 2012 View on HN

Sure hope they were notified before it was released.