What’s the best way to assuage censorship concerns? Throw a temp under the bus. SixApart’s apologies to Tribe.net founder Mark Pincus came swiftly after Pincus made a proper stink about attempted censorship.
Case Apologizes For Merger Again
Steve Case has already gone on the record to say he regretted the AOL-Time Warner merger, but the AOL founder was referring more to the merger’s implementation than to the theory behind it. Now he’s said “sorry” again.
Google Apologizes.
There’s been a lot of anger and frustration since the Florida Updates. Apparently, Google understands the fact that people’s businesses rely on Google results. Craig Nevill-Manning, Google’s Senior Research Scientist, said, for what it’s worth, “I apologize for the roller coaster. We’re aware that changes in the algorithm affect people’s livelihoods. We don’t make changes lightly.” Well, at least that’s good to know. Read more statements here.