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My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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What are you talking about? My LinkedIn profile and contact details are on the website this thread is linking to, not to mention you plastered my full name all over my Livecoding profile last night, so it's not exactly a secret. Or did you think you were replying to some other comment?

Either he was replying to another comment or is delusional at this moment.

I think he's replied to three of my comments so far with these kinds of messages, it seems like he's not actually bothering to check which comments he's replying to.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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It's worth noting that when Livecoding.tv first launched, you were forced to register and log-in to watch any videos. It took an entire thread on Hacker News to force the founders to backpeddle once they were caught: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9800321 This isn't the first YC startup I've seen with such blatant "growth hacking" tactics, and it's disappointing.

Hi Alex from Watch People Code, i know you do not like us a lot because we did not agree to pay you money to move to Livecoding.tv. Please be honest and add a disclaimer that you are Alex from Watch People Code and you and your team members are trolling with different usernames in this thread and on Livecoding.tv.

You have accused minimaxir of being "Alex". Click on minimaxir's username on HN. You'll see he's been here for more than 1,300 days, and has information about who he is and where he is. Click his submissions link, and you'll see a bunch of his submissions. Not a single one is for any account to livecoding streams. (Although a stream of him creating on of his data posts would be interesting).

You probably need to apologise to minimaxir for that mistake.

You also need to find someone else to handle this thread, because you're not doing a good job at it.

Things you need to do:

1) Read up on your requirements under the various European data protection laws. You have to only collect the information you need; and keep it for the time you need it; and tell your users what you're collecting and why; and make the information you collect available to users when they ask; and make corrections when asked. There's probably a requirement to delete it when asked to too.

2) Fix your email. You must stop spamming people. Spam is any bulk, unsolicited, email. Bulk is "more than one". Unsolicited means i) You don't have a confirmed opt-in (and users not unselecting a box does not count in UK) ii) You don't include a single-click unsubscribe link in every email

3) Get someone who knows PR involved. 3a) Until then, get someone else to read your comments before posting. You don't need to post immediately, and doing so is causing you harm.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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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.

You seem to enjoy this whole thread, but very coward that you hide your real identity. Can you at least post your Linkedin profile url as comment so people understand how to take your comments in this thread?

We have a record of you doxxing a user on your site. Even with wrong info.

Providing you with any personal details for any reason would be extremely unwise at this moment.

Neither in this thread.

Nor on your website.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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In all seriousness, you need to remove your co-founder's ability to do anything on your site. If that's not practical, you should seriously think about making an exit yourself. For one, your business is now effectively dead in its primary market, it's going to be a long hard road back, if it's even remotely possible; for a second thing, you've just had your name and personal and professional reputation completely tar…

It will be honest if you could disclaim your name to the people reading here so they know how to intepret your comments here. Not good if you just hide your face and troll.

I believe you're not in position to explain us what is "honest" and "good".

You are destroying your product, your work and your name at the moment. This is very sad to watch, I really wish you'd stop.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Either he was replying to another comment or is delusional at this moment.

I think he's replied to three of my comments so far with these kinds of messages, it seems like he's not actually bothering to check which comments he's replying to.

He commented the same to one of my comments, even accusing me of online harassment and other things.

I'm currently at the post office buying stamps for an international letter, so I can send a C&D.

This is the weirdest exchange between a business and its customers I've ever seen.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Either he was replying to another comment or is delusional at this moment.

I think he's replied to three of my comments so far with these kinds of messages, it seems like he's not actually bothering to check which comments he's replying to.

Yes, probably.

This is extremely sad to watch. A real disaster going on.

You're holding good, you stay correct and calm all the time. Respect for that. Hold on, with this tempo this will be over soon.

Лёша

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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I think he's replied to three of my comments so far with these kinds of messages, it seems like he's not actually bothering to check which comments he's replying to.

He commented the same to one of my comments, even accusing me of online harassment and other things. I'm currently at the post office buying stamps for an international letter, so I can send a C&D. This is the weirdest exchange between a business and its customers I've ever seen.

I filed an ICO report early this morning, but not sure how far that will get to be honest. I am not familiar with the UK's systems or what they will bother to do with this, if anything.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Just noticed that the text on my profile has now been changed to "Marked for removal from database". Perhaps they fixed their "cron job". mumphster mentioned on Twitter that that he just got banned also and actually managed to have an exchange with the CEO: https://twitter.com/elgruntox/status/661063421283012608 https://twitter.com/elgruntox/status/661063608302866432 I'm not sure where the first line is coming from a…

From mumphster's transcripts linked in the children (drmjg is the Livecoding.tv CEO): slateytv: you look childish and irresponsible for releasing her full name and company drmjg: As mentioned above her account really has nothing interesting on it. so there is no reason not to even delete it. [...] ellbot: also why the hell would you edit her profile to show her work and personal information to the public slateytv: ar…

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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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He commented the same to one of my comments, even accusing me of online harassment and other things. I'm currently at the post office buying stamps for an international letter, so I can send a C&D. This is the weirdest exchange between a business and its customers I've ever seen.

I filed an ICO report early this morning, but not sure how far that will get to be honest. I am not familiar with the UK's systems or what they will bother to do with this, if anything.

Seems like the guy does not need any external help ruining his business.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Hi Liza – This is Michael from Livecoding.tv. I hope the tension has calmed down a bit. Am traveling in Europe and thus not always reading emails. Apology for how our support handled your account deletion request and the emails back and forth. It was not really nice and needed given that your account had no content on it, we even deleted all your videos, and disabled your account. They thought you were a troll and ju…

There are so many questions that are unanswered. "We are a small team" is not an excuse for what has happened. Considering that your support person original said "I would be happy to delete your account", considering that someone at Livecoding.tv vandalized the profile page, and considering that the only thing the user has ever requested is for the account to be deleted - can you really say with a straight face at th…

"We are a small team so we changed the text on your account multiple times throughout the day, falsely claiming you were a spammer and worked for Dice.com instead of deleting your account."
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