According to a post by techcrunch around 20 or so tech “elites” decided to scamper off to Cyprus to have a little party, of course what tech party is complete without the making of an online video…
These folks posted a video of themselves drinking and having fun while the rest of the world is entering a recession. This begs the questions of “should we be upset about this?” or “should we even care?”
Here’s a snippet from techcrunch describing the party and those who were at it:
“A group of twenty or so tech elite were partying 1999-style in Cyprusthis last week, and posted a lip sync video of the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing” a couple of days ago. Among the group were Brittany Bohnet of Google, Mike Hudack of Blip.tv, Dave Morin and Aaron Sittig of Facebook, Sam Lessin of Drop.io and Jessica Vascellaro, the Wall Street Journal’s Silicon Valley beat reporter.”
Of course it can be argued that there is nothing wrong with the video, after all it’s just a bunch of guys having fun on vacation in Cyprus, so what’s the big deal?
Well I think the issue here is not that they were having fun, the issue is that making the video public is a bit of a spit in the face of the struggling startups and tech companies that are barely surviving. They could have just as easily made the video private to share with friends and family. I can understand why several people are upset about the video but at the same time I can also understand why a lot of people out there are just saying “who the hell cares?”
So what’s your take on the video? Do you think it was a bad idea or do you not care?
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