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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by sama »

empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

YC is an investor in the company. We've been trying all day to reach the CEO and we've been unsuccessful so far.

Obviously, this is very bad and we hope the company will fix it quickly.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by tedunangst »

cjslep wrote: post #228
empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

> So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... ... and the creepy, libel-ful* profile still stands: DICE.COM EMPLOYEE SPAMMING LIVECODING.TV Liza Shulyayeva banned for spamming. WORKS FOR DICE.com and is just spamming Livecoding.tv BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING+ BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING * Apologies, I hit the wall of my vocabulary.

Libelous.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by jffry »

cjslep wrote: post #228
empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

> So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... ... and the creepy, libel-ful* profile still stands: DICE.COM EMPLOYEE SPAMMING LIVECODING.TV Liza Shulyayeva banned for spamming. WORKS FOR DICE.com and is just spamming Livecoding.tv BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING+ BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING * Apologies, I hit the wall of my vocabulary.

Maybe are you looking for the word "libelous"? https://www.wordnik.com/words/libelous

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by MichaelGG »

tomcam wrote: post #222
dang wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to assume that this is a seriously misfired joke instead of the bannable offense it initially looked like, but please don't post anything like this to HN.

Choice is a) seriously misfired joke. Was satirizing the Livecoding people. Feel free to ban, though. If HN is too delicate for satire I suspect I'm a bad fit.

HN isn't "delicate". But HN tries to keep a high signal-to-noise. That means, generally, aggressively downvoting off-topic comments including attempts at humour (that aren't otherwise substantial). Not doing this means that threads quickly devolve into reddit-like grabs to try to be clever. Adding sexist language is presumably what dang is referring to by bannable offense (then realising it was a bad joke).

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by threatofrain »

empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

Given that they already edited the user's profile to say their full name and supposed placed of work, this means that they could've just blanked out the user profile with junk placeholder data.

Since the user has done nothing offensive or distasteful, but merely asked for account deletion, I'm surprised at livecoding.tv's vindictive response.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

#236

Post by omegaham »

deadcoding wrote: post #162
467568985476 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, that is insane. These guys are a YC backed company?!

If it is they need to pull funding immediately.

As far as I know, Y Combinator invests a lump sum and then contributes mentorship. Their only real recourse is to say, "Sorry, we've decided that you're not worth our time" and to terminate all work with the company.

Which, honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they do.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by drakonka »

sama wrote: post #231
empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

YC is an investor in the company. We've been trying all day to reach the CEO and we've been unsuccessful so far. Obviously, this is very bad and we hope the company will fix it quickly.

Thanks, I hope you guys can get somewhere. I'm preparing a complaint to file with the ICO and looking into other options since nothing else seems to have worked and I have no idea what else to do, but really I just want to have my account deleted and move on. I can't believe a simple support ticket spun out into this debacle.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by facetube »

cjslep wrote: post #228
empressplay wrote: post #214

So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... I mean, at this point you have to assume none of the co-founders has the ability to delete it (because common sense would suggest they would have by now, if they could have, to mitigate the on-going public-relations disaster) probably because they outsourced all of their development and really have no clue about how their website actually works. Under norma…

> So, 12 hours on and the account still hasn't been deleted... ... and the creepy, libel-ful* profile still stands: DICE.COM EMPLOYEE SPAMMING LIVECODING.TV Liza Shulyayeva banned for spamming. WORKS FOR DICE.com and is just spamming Livecoding.tv BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING+ BANNED FROM LIVECODING.TV FOR SPAMMING * Apologies, I hit the wall of my vocabulary.

Yeah, see a lawyer and sue these idiots for libel. People who do stuff like this deserve to lose their company.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by facetube »

jamiegreen wrote: post #59
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.

Enjoy getting sued for libel.
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