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Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by madaxe_again »

empressplay wrote: post #370
ericdykstra wrote: post #369

I hope Liza comes up with a follow-up post: "the saga continues" They continue to deny any wrongdoing, and continue in their favorite game of copy-and-paste-replys on Twitter. https://twitter.com/livecodingtv/with_replies Here's one directed at me (and 2 other people, since I guess in this instance they were too lazy to copy and past the reply 2 extra times: https://twitter.com/livecodingtv/status/661153102750425088…

Hm. All my critics are competitors or bad actors we had to ban. Convenient. Or paranoia. In all seriousness though, I worry about the co-founder(s) mental health. It's all fun to poke at people and say they've lost it, but running a startup is a highly stressful endeavour and it shouldn't be ignored when people break, which I suspect has happened in this case. It's a tough situation. They'll want to defend what they…

Aye. There's a lesson here to be had for all of us, which is that sometimes you've got to step back and let someone who isn't as emotionally invested in the company as you take the reins, as you can end up doing extraordinary damage to yourself by acting rashly.

I speak from experience - I've been at this lark for a decade now, and have on more than a few occasions found myself sincerely regretting how I've responded to a situation, as I've ended up emotional and escalating the matter, rather than responding rationally and calmly. I recall literally pounding my head on the office wall - in front of an investor - painfully to this day. Childish.

We all mistakes, but we also have to learn when to admit our fault, and when to step away from a situation because we aren't the right person to handle it.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by fyarebox »

drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

Lazer is shown as 'Available' on their registration form, FYI.

Thanks for sharing your story - I think a lot of people who have been following this thread can't believe what's unfolded.

I hope your feline friend continues to get better.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by drakonka »

fyarebox wrote: post #382
drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

Lazer is shown as 'Available' on their registration form, FYI. Thanks for sharing your story - I think a lot of people who have been following this thread can't believe what's unfolded. I hope your feline friend continues to get better.

Thanks very much for confirming. Glad to hear it may really be gone!

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by dongping »

austenallred wrote: post #379
drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

Thanks for this. It was really fun to watch a CEO completely torpedo his startup in less than 24 hours by publicly flipping the bird to a message board filled with its would-be users for some reason I cannot begin to fathom. We should do this again sometime. EDIT: After reading through a bunch of the CEO's comments, I'm now seriously concerned there may be a mental illness at play. I probably shouldn't have made ligh…

The CEO is not even trying to do the damage control.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by austenallred »

dongping wrote: post #384
austenallred wrote: post #379

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this. It was really fun to watch a CEO completely torpedo his startup in less than 24 hours by publicly flipping the bird to a message board filled with its would-be users for some reason I cannot begin to fathom. We should do this again sometime. EDIT: After reading through a bunch of the CEO's comments, I'm now seriously concerned there may be a mental illness at play. I probably shouldn't have made ligh…

The CEO is not even trying to do the damage control.

They're tweeting that most of the comments on here are coming from competitors. I think the problem is they're so overly defensive they're completely in denial.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by learning_still »

drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

"00:12drmjgoh no. #1 we can but as you know is not like we go and delete each account instantly as 80% of users who requests account deletion come back after two weeks to requests their account back and are mad we deleted it 00:12drmjg#2 people who requested account deletion in pasts used the accounts for credit card fraud and then re-create new ones"

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by denniskane »

austenallred wrote: post #379
drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

Thanks for this. It was really fun to watch a CEO completely torpedo his startup in less than 24 hours by publicly flipping the bird to a message board filled with its would-be users for some reason I cannot begin to fathom. We should do this again sometime. EDIT: After reading through a bunch of the CEO's comments, I'm now seriously concerned there may be a mental illness at play. I probably shouldn't have made ligh…

But in reality, Hacker News doesn't merely represent a large potential user base... there is almost a hardcoded, "#include " kind of dependency for anything that claims to be a platform for sharing the development of software products.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by sleepybrett »

learning_still wrote: post #386
drakonka wrote: post #378

Just a quick update - I can no longer reset my password, so either they have actually deleted my account now (great!) or just changed the email address. Either way there is no use speculating now as my profile page is a 404 and there is no way to tell with certainty one way or the other whether my account has actually been removed (I suppose one could try to register the username "Lazer", but I am way too sick of thi…

"00:12drmjgoh no. #1 we can but as you know is not like we go and delete each account instantly as 80% of users who requests account deletion come back after two weeks to requests their account back and are mad we deleted it 00:12drmjg#2 people who requested account deletion in pasts used the accounts for credit card fraud and then re-create new ones"

I'm not sure they will have that problem (80% of users requesting deletes returning) again.

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by denniskane »

mckee1 wrote: post #380
denniskane wrote: post #375

It seems to me that this guy ("Dr" Michael Garbade) is just a complete fraud. His supposed doctoral thesis can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/mjmjg/differences-in-venture-capit... I mean, just read this small snippet. It honestly seems like it was written by an average high school freshman... ========================================== 1.2 Research Objectives Although there are certainly differences in the v…

Their wikipedia page[1] appears to have been edited by the founder too. (In which the company is described as a "multinational"). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livecoding.tv

To be fair, self-editing your own wikipedia entry with exaggerated terminology as an early stage startup is highly understandable in the grand scheme of things. Self-editing your own PhD credentials seems to be a step or two beyond that kind of behavior, haha :)

Re: My Livecoding.tv account deletion saga

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Post by hluska »

DrMJG_HN wrote: post #320
Twirrim wrote: post #266

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You have completely destroyed your company. And now you seem hell bent on destroying your own reputation. If this wasn't so fucked up, it would be sad.
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