In my opinion, the fact that the original tweet, along with Bankman-Fried’s other tweets in the same thread, has been deleted in an attempt to shift the narrative is noteworthy in and of itself.
I think the tweet is more likely to be deleted in this way in worlds where the claim in it was made in bad faith rather than not, though perhaps unknown details about FTX’s strategy for getting out of this quagmire necessitated such a move even in worlds where the claim had originally been made in good faith. Still, the optics are not good, and I have appropriately updated towards FTX having engaged in dishonest conduct.
I agree with evhub that we don’t yet know if the claim was made in bad faith, but we can still make some guesses in the absence of such definitive knowledge.
In my opinion, the fact that the original tweet, along with Bankman-Fried’s other tweets in the same thread, has been deleted in an attempt to shift the narrative is noteworthy in and of itself.
I think the tweet is more likely to be deleted in this way in worlds where the claim in it was made in bad faith rather than not, though perhaps unknown details about FTX’s strategy for getting out of this quagmire necessitated such a move even in worlds where the claim had originally been made in good faith. Still, the optics are not good, and I have appropriately updated towards FTX having engaged in dishonest conduct.
I agree with evhub that we don’t yet know if the claim was made in bad faith, but we can still make some guesses in the absence of such definitive knowledge.