By Nick Denton
Apr 13, 2007 2:43 PM
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In defense of Ross Levinsohn
I am close to the company and very familiar with the situation and it is a personal disagreement, not an actual case of Ross "bullying the company". BOTH Ron and Ross have been very helpful and supportive of Faketown. However, Ron flew off the handle a bit, and totally overreacted to something that was really just a misunderstanding. [A commenter, on yesterday's Valleywag story that Ross Levinsohn had provoked the rage of Ron Conway — by demanding excessive compensation from an online game company that both the former Fox Interactive boss, and the legendary angel investor, were involved in.]