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catshirt on March 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Kills The #Dickbar

"Business Insider reported that the Dickbar was a mistake in the first place, having been developed by a junior product manager with no senior oversight."

and it made its way into a release? huh?

mcantelon on March 31, 2011 | [–]

That sounds highly doubtful to me.

koolaidavoider on March 31, 2011 | | [–]

Yeah, it's definitely classic scapegoating. The fact that it was mentioned makes them seem a bit petty...

ceejayoz on March 31, 2011 | | | [–]

That and the "lots of people used it! really!"

I suspect the "junior product manager"'s name is Richard Bahr.

ceejayoz on March 31, 2011 | [–]

Two releases, even.

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