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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by tymekpavel »

minimaxir wrote: post #33
drakonka wrote: post #31

It looks like Livecoding have now updated my profile for me, to claim I am "spamming them": https://www.livecoding.tv/lazer/

DICE.COM EMPLOYEE SPAMMING LIVECODING.TV Liza Shulyayeva banned for spamming. WORKS FOR DICE.com and is just spamming Livecoding.tv BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING+ BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING ...did they mispell their own startup in their vandalism? Also, per her LinkedIn, the OP works for DICE the game-development studio (subsidiary of EA, made Battlefield…

If she didn't provide her name and employer as part of registration, this isn't just vandalism -- it's stalking and harassment.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by [deleted] »

minimaxir wrote: post #33
drakonka wrote: post #31

It looks like Livecoding have now updated my profile for me, to claim I am "spamming them": https://www.livecoding.tv/lazer/

DICE.COM EMPLOYEE SPAMMING LIVECODING.TV Liza Shulyayeva banned for spamming. WORKS FOR DICE.com and is just spamming Livecoding.tv BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING+ BANNED FROM LIIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING ...did they mispell their own startup in their vandalism? Also, per her LinkedIn, the OP works for DICE the game-development studio (subsidiary of EA, made Battlefield…

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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by shadesof »

kordless wrote: post #5

The issue here is not that Livecoding.tv isn't removing this individual's account, but that individuals sign up for things with the expectation they have rights to their data. Here's a gem from Livecoding.tv's TOS which clearly indicates their intent with other people's data: > All Materials contained on the Livecoding.tv Service are the proprietary property of Livecoding.tv or its subsidiaries or affiliated companie…

That the latter is an issue does not make the former not an issue. The actions of Livecoding.tv here are reprehensible; if they didn't plan to remove the account—be the reason lack of technical capability or legal obligation—why tell the user otherwise? This is a marked display of carelessness.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by seivan »

jraines wrote: post #24
seivan wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are super spammy, I've unsubscribed several times and still get emails. Sticking with Twitch.

I was about to sign up, with about the same reason and interest level as the post author. How's Twitch for this?

Well I can't speak for general dev, but it's perfectly fine for Game Dev (code and art).

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by nemexy »

drakonka wrote: post #31

It looks like Livecoding have now updated my profile for me, to claim I am "spamming them": https://www.livecoding.tv/lazer/

Can anyone please explain to me why a YC company is making such a terrible name for themselves at a website which is literally FULL with people, who they should aim at building positive image with. I am pretty sure that over 70% of their users have at least a username in this community. I hardly have ever seen a worse way to respond to a marketing crisis.

edit: Now the answer of the co-founder(you can find it below) is way better and it should have been the first reaction to this post. Hopefully there can be a happy result to both sides.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by rhizome »

anon5_ wrote: post #29

> "You are scheduled to be deleted on our next cron job. Nothing complex." Is this serious? What's a cron job have to do with knocking out information from a rdbms? I imagine a cron job could be useful if there was a script to clear out any static files - but you can also invoke the script manually. "Nothing complex" :)

It's a devops world, nobody needs DBAs or Sysadmins anymore.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by volaski »

reality_TV wrote: post #3

This is a terrible practice for consumers, but a huge strategy win for startups(AOL zombie account trick .. hope they forget about wanting to delete or cancel). I ran into this awful practice with Uber after a hack they know about lets your account be hacked by London drivers who rip you off for rides in London (im in the states). I went to my forgotten Uber account to cancel and found out I have to email support and…

The type of value Uber provides is different from the value livecoding is trying to provide. People will continue to use Uber as long as it provides convenience because that's the value. As for livecoding, it's a different story.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by jamiegreen »

drakonka wrote: post #31

It looks like Livecoding have now updated my profile for me, to claim I am "spamming them": https://www.livecoding.tv/lazer/

Hi drakonka, I have only just found out about this, and was until now not aware of what happened. I don't know why my cofounder Michael marked you as spam, and I will ask him to contact you. I can only apologise for the handling of your account deletion, it really is not acceptable that it took so long, so we will make it a priority to improve this.
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