Flixster CEO's Age-And-Taste-Inappropriate Love Of Vanessa Hudgens
Frankly I don’t give a damn about that. If a CEO wants to trash his competition, I’ll just give him a high five for being up front about it and actually doing it under his real name.
But damn there’s something really disturbing in that screenshot showing his ratings (embedded below). In addition to fluffing up Flixster’s ratings and trashing his competitors (all a-ok by us since it’s under his real name), Greenstein takes a moment to write an impassioned review/love letter to 22 year old pop singer Vanessa Hudgens.
I emailed Greenstein about it:
Joe,
We noticed that you’ve left a five star review for your own app, Flixster, and that you’ve left significantly less favorable reviews for competitors like Movie Night Out and Showtimes. Here’s what I want to know – Are you really that big of a fan of Vanessa Hudgens? You’re in your thirties, right?
Thanks,
Mike
Greenstein’s response:
If you are going to publish my personal opinions please at least clarify for your readers that this was a long time ago, Vanessa Hudgens was just a phase I was going through, and that I am now much more into Justin Bieber.
Snarky response? Yes, and points for that. But this is just so, so embarrassing.