All 10 are, or used to be, paired up in romantic relationships with each other. That includes Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, whose firm played a central role in the company’s collapse – and who, at times, has dated Bankman-Fried, according to people familiar with the matter.
This doesn’t read to me like a suggestion that Caroline was “in some form of relationship with other residents of the apartment”—in fact, the decision to specify “paired up” reads like a clarification that it’s not a polycule—so people may have downvoted you for what they see as starting rumours.
I don’t know what the situation was, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people here do know, and are disagree-voting on your suggestion that Caroline “may have been in some form of relationship with other residents of the apartment” accordingly.
Thanks for the reply. It’s not starting rumors to refer to information that is in the public domain, especially if that reference is heavily qualified as “an unverified suggestion” and the following point is clearly preceded by “If true”. Per Greg_Colbourn’s reply to me, however, I recognise that there is sensitivity about polyamory on this board.
I deliberately didn’t refer to polyamory because it wasn’t relevant to my point, which is that any kind of relationship between Ellison as CEO of Alameda and any senior staff member of FTX—and to be honest, even simply co-habitation—should be a huge red flag to anybody entrusting their money. Other comments have communicated that better than mine!
In said comment, you say:
Are you referring to this article?
This doesn’t read to me like a suggestion that Caroline was “in some form of relationship with other residents of the apartment”—in fact, the decision to specify “paired up” reads like a clarification that it’s not a polycule—so people may have downvoted you for what they see as starting rumours.
I don’t know what the situation was, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some people here do know, and are disagree-voting on your suggestion that Caroline “may have been in some form of relationship with other residents of the apartment” accordingly.
Thanks for the reply. It’s not starting rumors to refer to information that is in the public domain, especially if that reference is heavily qualified as “an unverified suggestion” and the following point is clearly preceded by “If true”. Per Greg_Colbourn’s reply to me, however, I recognise that there is sensitivity about polyamory on this board.
I deliberately didn’t refer to polyamory because it wasn’t relevant to my point, which is that any kind of relationship between Ellison as CEO of Alameda and any senior staff member of FTX—and to be honest, even simply co-habitation—should be a huge red flag to anybody entrusting their money. Other comments have communicated that better than mine!