BuzzFeed’s Board Of Directors Saves Scott
Jack kicked Scott's ass in Friday's game battle. Final score at 6pm EST: Scott's game got 1,099 views and Jack's game got 6,916 views. But before I could fire Scott, I got a concerned call from BuzzFeed's board of directors (pictured below). My cell phone rings and all 11 of these guys are on the other end of the line wanting to talk about “a very serious matter”!!! They all agreed that Scott's game totally sucks but they were concerned about the “grave legal implications blah blah blah” of publicly humiliating Scott. They voted 11-0 to keep Scott. Long story short, once my vote was counted it was 11-1 which means Scott gets to stay on as an editor at BuzzFeed. There was one bit of good news - I managed to convince the board to suspend Scott's salary for one month as a penalty for sucking so bad. Also I think Jack cheated - I mean how did he get 7,000 people to play such a crappy game??!!
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it wasn't that jack's game was so great… just your average simple flash game. but scott's game totally sucked!!!! way to complicated for a flash game to waste a few minutes on.
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That's the BuzzFeed board of directors?! No wonder you concern yourselves with wastes of time like sarcasm rules. Doesn't explain all the goddang kittens though…
- Alex Davis BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S...
- Kelly Reeves thinks BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S... is WTF
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What?!
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The real board of directors. You almost fooled me.
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I'm pretty sure I saw Scott rummaging through the trash outside the office when I left tonight. (I think he tried to say something but I pretended I didn't see him.)
- Richie Edquid thinks BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S... is LOL
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Does anyone who does not actually know these people know what the hell is going on?
- Parker thinks BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S... is WTF
- Jenny Young thinks BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S... is LOL
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…..Jack, you allude to”a slap on the wrist” for Scott…. a month's pay is no slap on the wrist for someone who lives and works in NYC. With the questionable tactics you used to win….a word to the wise would be to keep your views to yourself, and donate to Scott via paypal. I think it was Pete Rose who once said ” Cheaters never prosper.”
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If I had known that the penalty was just going to be a pathetic slap on the wrist for the loser, I wouldn't have worked so hard to find such a high-quality game that BuzzFeed's readers would enjoy. This is total bullshit. Next time, I'll just follow Scott's lead and post the first half-baked flash game about space mining that I come across and hope that the Board saves my ass when no one likes it.
- Jack Shepherd BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S...
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He won because for the first few hours, his game was just a link to a flash game SITE. So people just kept clicking and clicking and clicking trying to play the 'game'…I feel used.
- Mark Bakalor BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S...
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Hey all, I just sent Scott a donation thru Paypal. If all the Buzzfeed readers who feel Scott got a raw deal from Jonah send him a buck…….and perhaps the Buzzfeed Staff (Jack, Peggy, Amanda) could send more….the lack of a months salary won't hurt too much.
Note to Scott: you need to activate your Paypal account to claim the funds!
- whisper dog BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S...
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Good eye, Brian. The guy in the yellow tie is our best board member by far. It was his idea to add badges to the site and he was the guy who pushed hard for the “raw feed” back mid-2008.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/dont-sht-your-pants![[link]](http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/images/public/icons/external-link2.png)
Peggy totally pwned both these guys with the game she posted today. If you ask me she should have both their jobs.
- alex BuzzFeed's Board Of Directors Saves S...
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keep the guy in the yellow tie, buy out the rest.
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Jonah, Will the allegations of Jack's cheating be investigated by the Buzzfeed security department? Scott should not be penalized if it is determined that Jack did not play fairly. It should be an even playing field for all involved in the competition.
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P.S. I feel like lots of unethical people work at BuzzFeed. I am not sure what to do about it.
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