"Handing a sniper rifle to someone does not make them a sniper. Snipers have personal qualities and training that make them what they are; their weapons are just tools that help them realize their inherent abilities as well as possible."
This is a good point. But, in the interests of balance, the twitter situation could also be compared to arming a sniper with a broadsword and then being surprised he fails. The choice of analogy makes a surprising difference in how you think about the situation.
"Why are you and other TechCrunch people so eager to assign blame when you don't actually know anything about what you're assigning blame for?"
I would rephrase the question to "what do you and the other tech crunch folks know that gives you confidence in your statements about decisions at twitter".
Point being no one knows what the folks at tech crunch know (or not).
This is a good point. But, in the interests of balance, the twitter situation could also be compared to arming a sniper with a broadsword and then being surprised he fails. The choice of analogy makes a surprising difference in how you think about the situation.
"Why are you and other TechCrunch people so eager to assign blame when you don't actually know anything about what you're assigning blame for?"
I would rephrase the question to "what do you and the other tech crunch folks know that gives you confidence in your statements about decisions at twitter".
Point being no one knows what the folks at tech crunch know (or not).