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Read how people are responding to Jeff Bezos’ handling of an alleged attempt to blackmail him:

I am deceased. Also, a genius move by Bezos and I have mad respect for all the strategery. Whatever your personal feelings are that’s fine, but this is genius and I respect him for this. https://t.co/gjPzLb6BlD
— Brooke Hammerling (@brooke) February 7, 2019


Wow. This really is quite the demonstration of the raw power of truth and courage and accepting personal responsibility. https://t.co/xFcUvM1U4s
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) February 8, 2019


I don’t love @JeffBezos in general, but I LOVE Jeff Bezos in particular here. https://t.co/n2EtDhGBpO
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) February 7, 2019


Good on @JeffBezos. This is straight up sextortion, which too often leads to suicide attempts and other serious harms when targeted at less powerful people.

If you haven't run into this phenomenon, this is a good intro: https://t.co/xxXUAtsFHH
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) February 7, 2019


Fascinating reading and I'd love to be a fly on the wall at AM's wall when it went live.

Rather admire Bezos' stand on this one. He's called and raised, and I suspect AM will fold like origami. https://t.co/goKCby0wCb
— Iain Thomson (@iainthomson) February 7, 2019


I kinda love this Bezos https://t.co/ff1K6ol3zZ
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) February 7, 2019

Jeff Bezos makes every minute pay – about US$149,000
Beyond the praise, the subject matter and the parties involved – American Media Inc (AMI) CEO David Pecker and Bezos – created the perfect storm on social media. The HuffPost’s headline really kicked things off.

What a day. https://t.co/kQcZ42SSDo pic.twitter.com/FFDS0W3Hm4
— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) February 7, 2019

Still, some tried to come up with their own headlines.

Bezos Nix Dick Pix.
It's fun being in 5th grade again.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 8, 2019

How does Jeff Bezos, the richest person alive, spend his billions?
And some just questioned if life could really be real.

The fact that that dude’s name is Pecker is yet another tell that we’re living in a simulation.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) February 7, 2019

AMI’s overall strategy was brought into question.

Just catching up with the news and... um... so Jeff Bezos is the richest person in human history, used his spare change to build his own spaceships, owns a major US newspaper as well as obviously the vast logistics chain that made him a pharoah... pic.twitter.com/rkflTG4Mi4
— Wᴀʀʀᴇɴ Eʟʟɪs (@warrenellis) February 7, 2019

What is Jeff Bezos doing with his US$2 billion philanthropic fund?
Some pointed to the plot similarities of a certain superhero movie.

The Bezos post reminds me of that scene in "Dark Knight" where someone tries to blackmail Bruce Wayne by revealing his identity as Batman: pic.twitter.com/jhWOp02caK
— michael_nielsen (@michael_nielsen) February 7, 2019

Then, there was this awkward LinkedIn connection.

One thing Jeff Bezos doesn't mention in his letter is that Jon Fine, the AMI deputy gen counsel who threatened his team, is...a former Amazon attorney https://t.co/ZCGAgf9v32 pic.twitter.com/w8xm0TfUUh
— Nick Wingfield (@nickwingfield) February 7, 2019

Tech news essentially stopped on Thursday, as all were consumed with the Bezos’ blog post.

Tough day for anyone who was about to publish their break-out Medium post.
— Aaron Levie (@levie) February 8, 2019

And with all the jokes out there now, there is likely to be some regret in the future.

tomorrow everyone is going to look at their twetes from this afternoon with the sober regret of a coyote ugly one-night stand
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) February 8, 2019

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