Flock impersonates journalist in order to cancel his hotel reservations

andsoitis

> impersonates The person said: “…contact a hotel on my behalf…”. They didn’t claim impersonation .

miladyincontrol

direct thread link https://x.com/bennjordan/status/2089430236945342508

evan_a_a

If the journalist really did make a reservation under the room block for the event, and then was denied attendance to the event, it would seem fairly normal for the reservation to be canceled by the block holder. Really, if the journalist wanted to cover the event without being noticed he could've done so undercover.

Freedom2

I wonder if this is in the typical runbook for other YC companies.

techteach00

I'm vehemently anti-Flock but am upset the majority of that group, the people taking down these cameras, appear to be anti-cars because they won't do the same for surveillance speed cameras everywhere.

BugsJustFindMe

The submitted headline editorializes a false claim. A 2-steps-from-origin word-of-mouth claim of "They told me someone called on my behalf" is not the same thing as "Flock impersonates". "they told me" (definitive) and "called on my behalf" (interpretable) are both important here.

s1artibartfast

Seems fine. Blocks can be reserved or purchased by companies and have final say on who uses them, such as customers/attendees that did not misrepresent themselves. Dude can book without the block or go to a different Hotel.

purpleidea

Why is this flagged? Impersonation is a big deal :/