Owen, did you miss the memo? See the section on "Beat-downs are bad." You should have quit after your headline and first three sentences, while you were morally ahead.

But that's just me.

Valleywag used to be entertaining, but taking unsubstantiated potshots at midlevel managers is just lazy not to mention lame.

Dude, did Salim fuck your wife or something?

Wow. Harsh. Based on prior Valleywag coverage, it makes perfect sense, but still, harsh. And I gotta agree with Ballmer, it sounds like this one is personal.

Still, I abhore liars, and you've made Ismail sound like a liar of the highest order. If true, soldier on, Owen.

If you've ever deal with him, you'd understand the reason for this article. Right on the money. :)

Yeah seriously, Owen... way overly harsh. The title of his post is "Hoo-Ya - I take the package" so it's not like he's pretending not to be part of what happened today.

Alright, alright, tell the truth Owen. You know you were fired from Business 2.0. Might as well out yourself, if you're going to call out others.

Paul Boutin is an R-tard. Take off those glasses, you look ridiculous.

btw, i can feel the anger in the article ....love love love.

Completely unnecessary.

yeh and printing that some one has been fired when they have been made redundant is Profesional Slander in my book

jesus, owen, what the fuck was the point of all that? cruelty doesn't even earn page-view bonuses.

Geez, @Preston, check your calendar. Seeing handwriting on wall != getting the axe.

Are you folks shocked that heads are rolling at Yahoo? How do you think they got in such trouble? Not by hiring wizards!

Trying to pretend that Yahoo was taking 'volunteers' for layoffs is pretty damn low, in my book. (If they were, I'd be on my three-month vacation, too.) This was deserved.

For a gossip columnist you really suck at this. What, no "i-bring-the-gun-you-bring-the-bullet" suicide assistance offer? Fail.

Completely unnecessary. What are you accomplishing by kicking someone when they're down other than making yourself feel good? Very distasteful -- stop already.

Owen,

What are you going to write about now that he's left Yahoo! You've clearly got a personal vendetta (maybe its a racist thing - what else would cause you to jump on him so much?) VW was boring before this; now I just feel dirty for visiting. And that sucks because I used to enjoy reading your stuff at Biz2.

@Paul Boutin: Yes sir.

@siliconvalet: Glad to see there's one intelligent commenter in the bunch, but the ratio is usually better.

We need to start firing commenters -- but I'm sure you lot would claim Valleywag offered you a package: "I'm looking at some fresh challenges at other blogs."

Lame to post stuff like this

who are all these new joins? jesus christ, get a grip. the internets is serious business.

Consider: "Salim Ismail" is an anagram for "Salim Ismail".

wow. have to agree this seemed over the top.

CXOs are fair game, but not sure what the point was here.

Andreesen's skeweringly funny take down of Yahoo's Luddite board felt more deserved IMHO.

I don't think you lot are giving Owen credit. He just pulled the impossible prank and made folks defend Salim.

Next thing he'll have you sayin' that Jeffrey Dahlmer cat was just a little peckish.

I'm completely entertained by this Owen. Keep up the good work, fact and fiction.

Have to agree with many of the above comments, Owen. Not only have you become a spiteful little a**hole, your stories aren't very accurate, and, worst of all, you've become BORING...

The sad fact is that geeks are still easily wooed by guys in Banana Republic stretch-lite shirts who can stand up in front of a crowded room and talk smoove, baby. Granted, they don't usually last. But as long as there's PPT and projectors and good deals on Kenneth Cole loafers, there will be others.

Owen, this was a bit spiteful, although accurate and to the point. Perhaps you could've use slightly less hateful words???

With all this pussyhurt one might mistake this for TechCrunch.

Argh, where the hell is Melissa? We need entertainment.

Melissa Gira, Melissa Gira, please pick up the white courtesy telephone immediately!

Man, I'd hate to get on Valleywag's bad side.

I love what Owen has written. It servers Salim. I used to work for Y! and I know. Owen is right.

When I left my employer for the first time I hadn't been sacked I just threw a temper tantrum and said I was quitting, my boss was like 'How would you feel about me laying you off, I've got to reduce head-count by another 3 people, it'd make it easier for me and you'd get another months pay.' I was like 'um, o.k.'
Coincidentally I was back working there on contract four months later.
Regardless, my point is. Is it completely out of the question to think there are people as mentally unstable and irrational as me in the valley that would do something similar? No...

The comments on this post come across like a slap fight between tranny hookers. Keep it up, "ladies"!

@Snarkotron: I'm a little nonplussed to find that Valleywag commenters are, of all Gawker Media commenters, apparently the most concerned with proper deportment, and the ones who whine loudest when they think it's been violated.

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