David C-T managed to catch a Dave Winer: Pressure to Point posting:

Well, it was here: http://scriptingnews.userland.com/pressureToPoint and it was on the Scripting News home page, but it's been deleted from both locations (no problem - Dave W.'s editorial policy has always been clear that he can do this - it may resurface - who knows?

But as he points out it was deleted soon after. David C-T did quote from the original piece and that's still in his article along with his comments - which I wholly endorse.

In fact, none of the observations about the lack of linking started untl the day after the launch of Conversant. Normally, DW likes to be one of the first to link to things - especially it it's related to his products. I don't think the observations can be construed as pressurisation and, as David, points out, were generally expressions of bemusement rather than coercion.

Curious for sure.