No, admitting fault as soon as possible makes a big difference. It's essential to restoring credibility.
If they had waited until Monday the thread would be filled with comments criticizing them for waiting that long.
If they had waited until Monday the thread would be filled with comments criticizing them for waiting that long.
> we probably won't have something to report back until next week.
The forum thread is locked.
If they felt the need to post something in a hurry on the weekend, then the message should acknowledge that, and acknowledge that "investigation continues" or something like that
What would you have liked to see them announce?
And yes, it looks like Ars is still investigating (bluesky post by one of the authors of the retracted article) https://bsky.app/profile/kyleor.land/post/3mewdlloe7s2j