I think a retraction would also be misleading (since I am worried it would indicate a disconformation). I think editing it to say that the number comes from unconfirmed rumors seems best to me.
FWIW, a $10MM estimate seems in the right order of magnitude based on random things I heard, though I also don’t have anything hard to go on (my guess is that it will have ended up less than $10MM, but I am like 80% confident it was more than $1.5MM, though again, purely based on vague vibes I got from talking to some people in the vague vicinity of the marketing campaign)
Why would a retraction be misleading? A valid reason for retracting a statement is failure to verify it. There is no indication in these cases that the statement is false.
If someone can’t provide any evidence for a claim that very likely traces back to Emile Torres, and they can’t be bothered to send a one-line email to Will’s team asking for confirmation, then it seems natural to ask this person to take back the claim. But I’m also okay with an edit to the original comment along the lines you suggest.
Huh, I definitely read strikethrough text by default as “disconfirmed”. My guess is I would be happy to take a bet on this and ask random readers what they think the truth value of a strike-through claim like this is.
But in any case, seems like we agree that an edit is appropriate.
Saying I “can’t be bothered to send a one line email”: I’m not a journalist and really didn’t expect this post to blow up as much as it did. I am literally a 19 year old kid and not sure that Will’s team will respond to me if I’m honest. Part of the hope for this post was to get some answers, which in some cases (ie Rob Wiblin- thanks!) i have got, but in others I haven’t.
I think a retraction would also be misleading (since I am worried it would indicate a disconformation). I think editing it to say that the number comes from unconfirmed rumors seems best to me.
FWIW, a $10MM estimate seems in the right order of magnitude based on random things I heard, though I also don’t have anything hard to go on (my guess is that it will have ended up less than $10MM, but I am like 80% confident it was more than $1.5MM, though again, purely based on vague vibes I got from talking to some people in the vague vicinity of the marketing campaign)
Why would a retraction be misleading? A valid reason for retracting a statement is failure to verify it. There is no indication in these cases that the statement is false.
If someone can’t provide any evidence for a claim that very likely traces back to Emile Torres, and they can’t be bothered to send a one-line email to Will’s team asking for confirmation, then it seems natural to ask this person to take back the claim. But I’m also okay with an edit to the original comment along the lines you suggest.
Huh, I definitely read strikethrough text by default as “disconfirmed”. My guess is I would be happy to take a bet on this and ask random readers what they think the truth value of a strike-through claim like this is.
But in any case, seems like we agree that an edit is appropriate.
Well I have put an edit in there.
Saying I “can’t be bothered to send a one line email”: I’m not a journalist and really didn’t expect this post to blow up as much as it did. I am literally a 19 year old kid and not sure that Will’s team will respond to me if I’m honest. Part of the hope for this post was to get some answers, which in some cases (ie Rob Wiblin- thanks!) i have got, but in others I haven’t.