Considering coding boot camps are borderline snake oil I'm struggling to take any of this seriously.
A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator
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> someone mind actually giving a detailed history of the timeline outside of the two main parties? You have that in TFA? Author is an outsider to the drama.
The author talked to numerous Codesmith staff and their cherry picked information provided for the article. I got no request for comment, no interviews, sitting on a treasure trove of my own documents the guy should look at. So yeah. I would love an actually neutral party to put together a timeline after talking to both sides fairly.
So why the sneaky shitposting and stalking over such a long period of time? Just release the documents and let people decide.
I call bullshit on the "treasure trove".
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#313Considering coding boot camps are borderline snake oil I'm struggling to take any of this seriously.
I don't think they're as bad as snake oil.
I taught at one for a year and a good number of my students (it was above 50% last time I took a pulse) had life-changing career switches.
I think what people don't realize is that the student is really the difference maker, and that it really takes a lot of effort, dedication, and interest to succeed.
I think it's possible some of these folks could have "self-taught" their way to the same technical proficiency, but it would've taken longer, and they wouldn't have had as much of a professional network of alums, sponsors, etc upon completion.
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#314Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reddit has a moderation problem, and it's a big one. They've now been asked to appear in front of Congress to address concerns about politically motivated violence being incited through their platform: https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-invites-c... Personally I believe I've seen more people in the past few years wish a politically motivated death on somebody else via Reddit, than I have anywhere else…
What country are you from? To " wish a politically motivated death" on someone is illegal there? Reddit set itself up as a speakeasy, people speak their minds openly because it appears in some areas to be free of thought policing. Do you think it is wrong to wish a dictator dead? Over the past decades USA has not only wished it, but made it happen, at the cost of many lives.
Many people in this forum mistakenly think that violence isn’t a historically efficient way to solve political problems.
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#316Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reddit has a moderation problem, and it's a big one. They've now been asked to appear in front of Congress to address concerns about politically motivated violence being incited through their platform: https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-invites-c... Personally I believe I've seen more people in the past few years wish a politically motivated death on somebody else via Reddit, than I have anywhere else…
What country are you from? To " wish a politically motivated death" on someone is illegal there? Reddit set itself up as a speakeasy, people speak their minds openly because it appears in some areas to be free of thought policing. Do you think it is wrong to wish a dictator dead? Over the past decades USA has not only wished it, but made it happen, at the cost of many lives.
> What country are you from? To "wish a politically motivated death" on someone is illegal there?
It is illegal in most countries, no? Even in USA you aren't allowed to instigate murder.
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#317Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reddit has a moderation problem, and it's a big one. They've now been asked to appear in front of Congress to address concerns about politically motivated violence being incited through their platform: https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-invites-c... Personally I believe I've seen more people in the past few years wish a politically motivated death on somebody else via Reddit, than I have anywhere else…
That may be a politically motivated congressional hearing. :-)
You mean there's another kind?
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#318Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I compared the statement 'do this because it changed my life and the life of many others' to the type of language used in cult documentaries on HBO why did you make that comparison?
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Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator
#319This is oddly a case to signify there is value in an AI moderation tools - to avoid bias inherent to human actors.
The AI moderation tools are trained on the Reddit data that is actively being sabotaged by a competitor. If an AI were to take up moderation now, mentioning this specific bootcamp would probably get you warned or banned because of how bad it is according to the training data.
AI is as biased as humans are, perhaps even more so because it lacks actual reasoning capabilities.
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#320I'm Michael and this was about me. This person never reached out for comment and is missing half the story. I'm happy to fill people in on the rest if this person or someone else wants to hear. I agree with one or two of the characterizations but the majority I don't and there is a lot more to this story than it seems... RE: INDUSTRY. Rithm School (their main competitor) shut down. Hack Reactor is down to single digi…
No doubt the industry suffered due to a market downturn, but your continuous posts and attacks worsened the situation for that company. Based on your Reddit activity, it appears to have been driven by a personal vendetta. If they pursue a defamation case, the evidence could strongly work against you. The overwhelming proof he presented of your actions toward the company would be difficult to defend. I honestly can’t understand why anyone would risk their own reputation—and that of their family—for dishonest gain. Most people are civil in such cases, but not everyone is if they conclude that evil was done. Scary situation to be in.