A Web Hotshot Learns Humility

摘要

On the monday in early february whenrnInternet consultant Razorfish Inc. announced it was firing some 400 people, or about 20% of its staff, The bulletin board on Web site F—ked-Company.com went wild. The site cultivates a special kind of schadenfreude, encouraging visitors to place bets on which unlucky dot-com will be the next to lire employees or go under. Visitors rarely hold back when it comes to criticizing thernbosses of these companies. But the comments directed at Razorfish and Chief Executive and Chairman Jeff Dachis hit a whole new level of vitriol. Within hours, there were 400 postings about Razorfish—many of them quite nasty. A sampling: "Die, die, die!," and "So long, Rottenflounder," and "We all like to see bulls—ers put in their place."