<![CDATA[Two degrees of Peter Thiel - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Two degrees of Peter Thiel - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Two degrees of Peter Thiel]]> Personally, I find it a little creepy when someone sends nice-to-meet-you postcards to people he meets merely in passing.

As for the Wikipedia edits, it wasn't a huge deal, except that Auren Hoffman's built a whole career on supposedly transparent reputation systems.

Nick Denton

]]> <![CDATA[Two degrees of Peter Thiel]]> First, since apparently full disclosure is apparently paramount to you guys, I used to work for Auren. Second, what is with you repeatedly calling him creepy? I agree Auren is an assiduous networker, taking the whole thing to another level (the man sends out a lot of birthday cards); but he is definitely not creepy. He is less smarmy than your average Silicon Valley recruiter or politician.

He is actually a warm, decent, honest guy -- and this whole weird Wikipedia issue you have made is completely trumped up and unfair. I know that is the game with gossip rags, but you might want to show some decency, because creepy is a very loaded word.

META: There are other uber-networkers in the Valley -- would you call Heidi Roizen creepy? Is there a gender double-standard to networking?

kidcroesus

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