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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by _xhok »

So the cron job turned out to be an invented lie told to a user they essentially assumed would be too stupid to think about it. Which is it then, that they e.g. have a tired support team using a canned response that includes a lie? Or is it the founders themselves thinking their audience are fools?

Sure, separate business policy from code, but it seems unwise to assume your users are technically ignorant when your site is about inviting programmers to stream their work.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

#33

Post by minimaxir »

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, etc.), not Dice.com (job hunting site).

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by [deleted] »

maxerickson wrote: post #28
minimaxir wrote: post #11

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.

What does "caught" mean in this context? If you can't use the site without registering, it probably isn't a secret that you can't use the site without registering. I can see using a phrase like 'called out' or 'called on their bullshit' or whatever, but I don't see how they were 'caught'.

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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

#35

Post by i_s »

minimaxir wrote: post #11

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.

Looks like it still requires a signup, but lets you watch a few streams before it blocks you with the signup modal.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

#36

Post by lisowski »

If livecoding keeps acting like this they are gonna lose whatever foothold they currently have of coding live streaming. With twitch.tv's recent announcment to open up streaming to creatives it is only a matter of time until they capture this audience too.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

#40

Post by drakonka »

yokohummer7 wrote: post #37
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/

What on earth is this? Is this something like a joke?

In all seriousness I think their founder is still quite immature and possibly has some temper issues, at least judging by these past interactions and now this immature act. You can see this was written hastily, probably in anger - they didn't even spell the name of their own website right here. They don't really seem to care about maintaining the least bit of professionalism.
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