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YC is an investor in the company. We've been trying all day to reach the CEO and we've been unsuccessful so far. Obviously, this is very bad and we hope the co

by sama 11y ago

YC is an investor in the company. We've been trying all day to reach the CEO and we've been unsuccessful so far. Obviously, this is very bad and we hope the company will fix it quickly.

joeevans1000 11y ago
I'm concerned that many comments on this suggest that the problem is that the CEO needs better PR. It's scarier to me that this sort of behavior could hide behind PR. For tech in general I think ethics needs to be considered more than PR, as that's the heart of the matter. Clearly, those who've signed up for Livecoding are somewhat scared that this team has their data. I understand YC can't run these companies, but I think we do look at YC investment as a sort of assurance that this sort of thing won't happen.
- DrMJG_HN 11y ago
  Joe - I hope you doing fine in Indiana. Can you at least be honest and add that you spammed on Livecoding.tv many times marketing your website and service for which our support team warned you and banned your numerous accounts?
  - david_mitchell 11y ago
    You obviously don't trust the motives of the people posting here. That's fine, but perhaps you could phone whoever is your contact at YC for some friendly advice? Their interests are aligned with yours. I really get the impression that you don't see how bad your comments in this thread are. It's difficult when you're in the middle of something to take a step back and see it from other peoples perspective but you would really do yourself a favour if you just stopped posting here altogether at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if the op took your posts and made them into a follow-up blog post.
  - username223 11y ago
    How do you think pseudo-doxxing someone on a message board helps you at this point? This is just creepy.
- joeevans1000 11y ago
  I have never 'spammed' livecoding.tv nor have I ever been warned or banned by their support team (or by any online company for that matter). I don't have a website. I'm not in Indiana, either. (I decided to reply to my own comment, as I don't want to agitate the situation by directly replying to the other comment).
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drakonka 11y ago
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.
- avinassh 11y ago
  Please sue them for libel.
- DrMJG_HN 11y ago
  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?
  - drakonka 11y ago
    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?
    - orless 11y ago
      Either he was replying to another comment or is delusional at this moment.
      - drakonka 11y ago
        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.
        kuschku 11y ago
burritofanatic 11y ago
This is really odd, though it may reveal the dynamic between the founders. Wonder what the conversations have been, and if any even occurred.
hluska 11y ago
Take a look at the original archive.is image which the author posted. You'll notice that the company spelled its own name wrong: https://archive.is/T3Ms7 https://archive.is/T3Ms7 I just loaded up her page a few minutes ago and they fixed the spelling. An image is here: http://imgur.com/pqW4tbC http://imgur.com/pqW4tbC Pardon my language, but it's fucked up that someone with access changed the spelling but didn't have enough sense to just remove the whole 'banned for spamming'. Especially in light of the fact that one of the founders replied on this thread eight hours ago. This doesn't seem like the typical bad customer service incident. I'm not trying to excuse this behaviour (because it's wrong on every level), but I really hope that everyone in that company is mentally healthy and safe.

by sama 11y ago

YC is an investor in the company. We've been trying all day to reach the CEO and we've been unsuccessful so far. Obviously, this is very bad and we hope the company will fix it quickly.

joeevans1000 11y ago

I'm concerned that many comments on this suggest that the problem is that the CEO needs better PR. It's scarier to me that this sort of behavior could hide behind PR. For tech in general I think ethics needs to be considered more than PR, as that's the heart of the matter. Clearly, those who've signed up for Livecoding are somewhat scared that this team has their data. I understand YC can't run these companies, but I think we do look at YC investment as a sort of assurance that this sort of thing won't happen.

DrMJG_HN 11y ago
Joe - I hope you doing fine in Indiana. Can you at least be honest and add that you spammed on Livecoding.tv many times marketing your website and service for which our support team warned you and banned your numerous accounts?
- david_mitchell 11y ago
  You obviously don't trust the motives of the people posting here. That's fine, but perhaps you could phone whoever is your contact at YC for some friendly advice? Their interests are aligned with yours. I really get the impression that you don't see how bad your comments in this thread are. It's difficult when you're in the middle of something to take a step back and see it from other peoples perspective but you would really do yourself a favour if you just stopped posting here altogether at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if the op took your posts and made them into a follow-up blog post.
- username223 11y ago
  How do you think pseudo-doxxing someone on a message board helps you at this point? This is just creepy.
joeevans1000 11y ago
I have never 'spammed' livecoding.tv nor have I ever been warned or banned by their support team (or by any online company for that matter). I don't have a website. I'm not in Indiana, either. (I decided to reply to my own comment, as I don't want to agitate the situation by directly replying to the other comment).
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drakonka 11y ago

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.

avinassh 11y ago
Please sue them for libel.
DrMJG_HN 11y ago
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?
- drakonka 11y ago
  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?
  - orless 11y ago
    Either he was replying to another comment or is delusional at this moment.
    - drakonka 11y ago
      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.
      - kuschku 11y ago

burritofanatic 11y ago

This is really odd, though it may reveal the dynamic between the founders. Wonder what the conversations have been, and if any even occurred.

hluska 11y ago

Take a look at the original archive.is image which the author posted. You'll notice that the company spelled its own name wrong: https://archive.is/T3Ms7 https://archive.is/T3Ms7 I just loaded up her page a few minutes ago and they fixed the spelling. An image is here: http://imgur.com/pqW4tbC http://imgur.com/pqW4tbC Pardon my language, but it's fucked up that someone with access changed the spelling but didn't have enough sense to just remove the whole 'banned for spamming'. Especially in light of the fact that one of the founders replied on this thread eight hours ago. This doesn't seem like the typical bad customer service incident. I'm not trying to excuse this behaviour (because it's wrong on every level), but I really hope that everyone in that company is mentally healthy and safe.