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A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

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That is what it says in the subreddit description and name, not my personal opinion of its content. There are not numerous other mainstream news subs where you would not get banned for conservative opinions. In fact I believe worldnews may be the most conservative leaning one. I know that /r/news is far more left. You don't think that's a problem with the platform?

Worldnews is only "conservative" in its zealously pro-Israel position. On a number of other topics it is very left-leaning in moderation. On immigration, for instance. As a classic conservative I actually believe in strong borders and that immigrants need to be in service of the citizens of a country and align with its values, which put me at odds with that pro-Israel but also pro-mass migration sub. Regardless, and…

Alright, I guess I'll have to take your word for /r/conservative's poor moderation.

But is it a perfect example? I don't know. It's political in nature and one could expect that it's run by MAGA considering the current state of the Republican party and the fact that they banned the Trump subreddit.

I'm more concerned about /r/worldnews and my country subreddit. Reddit should enforce some standards for moderation and make sure those default places aren't run by political activists.

But maybe that's the least of Reddit's problems. Today I have seen multiple posts openly glorifying the Al-Qassam brigades. These posts may well be illegal under various European laws against publicly glorifying terrorism. Many upvotes too, and the posts have been up for hours.

And the funny thing is Redditors think that Twitter/X alone was a terrible platform that needs to be censored.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#822

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a judge would def consider the extreme nature that’s occurred here. the number of posts is astounding, and the SEO damage could be monetarily accounted for.

FWIW those posts that show up in search are not my posts and I don't have control over that. I don't "post" that much about Codesmith. I comment a lot about them.

Do you not have direct control over what posts stay on the subreddit?

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#823

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My website never served any of that. You got to stop using this very well known techniques by associating further names (knowing perfectly that HN comments get indexed very fast). The domain in question Sverken.se was always used for science or respectable business. Please refrain mentioning otherwise as I repeat, at any point my company website did such thing. Whoever keep associating them further is doing so by mal…

You're not making much sense. Anyone googling the domain and following the link can plainly see there is adult content being served from there. No amount of insisting that it doesn't is gonna help you. If you own the domain, it looks like your site was hacked or your domain hijacked. That is the problem you need to deal with.

Why is it so hard to understand... The domain and the website is not ours anymore, we let it go June 2025. Someone else bought it and is using it with malicious intentions to discredit and damage us. The website offers illegal services but in the description is talking about our company. Is hiding behind Cloud Flare with HQ in San Francisco. Is not anymore in our hands, now the authorities are investigating it.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#824

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Not really. Most bootcamps are trash. Legal recourse would only be available if he said stuff that wasnt true

Under you assumptions, a really facile conclusion to make would be that Novati is trashing one boot camp to promote his own trash boot camp.

Yes, that is exactly what I think happened here

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#825
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Follow the money.

Agreed, try to figure out how I benefit in any way from Codesmith's decline. Not theoretical, but hard facts. I know of THREE people that considered going to Codesmith and went to Formation instead. One of them I tried very hard to convince to go to Codesmith and she instead got a job on her own and then came to Formation. All of this for three customers? It doesn't add up and there are some missing pieces in the sto…

>Agreed, try to figure out how I benefit in any way from Codesmith's decline.

According to your Hacker News post history, you are the co-founder of Formation.dev. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43758527

According to Formation.dev, the company is in the same space as LeetCode, "interview prep programs", "mock interview platforms" and "bootcamps". When it comes to bootcamps, Formation.dev claims to be doing (at least partially) four of the seven mentioned functions. Source: https://formation.dev/

And Codesmith is a bootcamp. Source: https://www.codesmith.io/

It does not seem that far-fetched that you benefit as the founder of a company that is competing against bootcamp companies like Codemsith.

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#827

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Out of curiosity, what views? I'm trying to understand if Reddit is just ban happy against conservatives or if basic conservative views are really against reddits TOS

Trans related topics are expressly against TOC and enforced unless a subreddit is ruthless in removing any comments that aren't expressly positive and affirming. There is no room for nuance on this topic. Just giving an example.

As a trans person, I find it interesting that so many people have opinions on an illness that truly sucks. It’s rough reading every day that you are “wrong” about something you suffer from. I wish folks could see the losses we experience when we transition. I think if they did, they might extend a little more grace and compassion.

(That said, I do agree with you on nuance)

Re: A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator

#829

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That's not correct. Their closest competitor entirely shut down for example, and the industry is the main factor responsible for their decline. They laid off their Future Code (a completely funded program by the city of NY) overnight with no warning - some of the most dedicated staff.

the fact that you’re so entitled as to describe and assess their staff like you’re an insider who actually works there. That’s crazy. and creepy AF

They keep their staff list up to date on their website fairly frequently. I'm going off that.
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