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Originally Posted by NoahSD
I wish someone other than me would clarify this, but here's what PA said:
1) He does indeed have less than $100 in his FTP account. (Though I think he misspoke and said he has exactly $100... whatever.)
2) He's owed $500k by people that he transferred FTP money to a bit before June 29th. Some people might think it's reasonable for him to count that as money stuck on FTP, though it's obviously not quite the same thing.
3) He's owed roughly $5 million from people from other stuff. He thinks he'd be more likely to get paid if FTP paid back. I don't really think a rational person could consider this to be money that's stuck on FTP.
So, he doesn't have $5 million at risk wih FTP. He has $5 million in loans out, and he thinks that FTP repaying might help the situation.
Anyone doubting my information should recognize that Antonius confirmed it in the interview, btw.
WRT how I got the information, I'm obviously not telling.
I'm not really sure if I should have released this. I did it because he lied in an interview trying to make himself seem like much bigger victim than he is in this, and I thought that was really really ugly. I hate misinformation and lies a lot, so I corrected him.
I didn't realize at the time that it would be a big deal. I naively thought I could post it in the containment thread so a few of the die-hard FTP watchers would see it and know the truth, and that would be it. Obviously, I should have realized that Antonius is a pretty big celebrity, so a piece of info like that is going to get picked up. I obviously need to be a lot more careful about what I say on 2p2 at this point because a lot of people are listening to me, and I forget that sometimes.
In my opinion the thing that stood out when you posted the balance originally was that it was in response to the interview where PA says he stands to lose a lot if FT goes down in a somewhat vague manner with little details. If he had claimed he has 5m stuck in his FT account id understand how its really ugly and all, but from his unique brand of english I never got the impression that if he has less than 100$ on his FT account then he must be liar. I'm sure in his own subjective reality he stands to lose a lot even if it was only losing future income.
So to me at least its more about the reaction being strong to a short interview where there was little to no factual information to begin with. I'm sure you know a lot more than I do but I still cant see how he is or was lying and trying to make himself look like more of a victim than he is.
It seemed to me that releasing the balance info would never accomplish anything other than create random theories and rumor, something very different from what you and S:P try to stand for. I guess it did flush out another interview from PA and the 5m of random loans story so people can speculate even more now.
Its just about high expectations you know, for you and S:P. And your post seemed to me at least to be pretty far from the whole 'news done right' idea, so its basically just feedback. The interesting part to me is how many people here seem to think that people who dare to comment on it are idiots and should just shut up. I mean I'm very aware that id never be able or even willing to do what you guys do with S:P, but at least in my eyes its something that should be open to feedback.
