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Do you remember the day when this IRC event took place or what nick you used? I have the logs, and would like to look into this. Also, when you say "staff membe

by Strom 11y ago

Do you remember the day when this IRC event took place or what nick you used? I have the logs, and would like to look into this. Also, when you say "staff member", do you mean Google's staff? The reason I'm asking is that I've been active in the GAE IRC channel for 6 years and I don't remember anything like this ever happening. I do remember a few cases where people have come with similar problems complaining that their free quota ran out and then regular people telling them that they need to start paying to use the service further. There really hasn't been an active Googler in the GAE IRC channel for many years, so that fact makes all of this particularly fishy.

ionwake2 11y ago
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I would like to retract the statement that it was a member of staff, you are correct, this may have not been the case. It was a while ago and it may have just been someone in the know, who didn't actually work for google. I didnt expect anyone to even notice my comment. I should have been more careful with my statements. I will be removing the comment when HN allows me to log back in (apparently I can log in again in about an hour).
- avar 11y ago
  > I will be removing the comment when HN allows me to log back in. In that case, here's a copy of your initial comment, because removing top-level comments that have ongoing follow-up discussion makes for very confusing discussions: > All I know about GAE is that when my python app started being used > by HN users I upgraded my account to a paid one to increase > performance. > > In the transition , without any warning, google took the app down, > for a day. Thus killing all chance of acquiring a userbase now that > I had hit the frontpage. > > When I went onto the IRC GAE channel to ask someone for help to > unlock or keep the app running during this important moment the > reply from a staff member was ' You should have planned better'. I > was surprised to hear this response and did not pursue the matter > further. Its all in the IRC logs if any of this sounds doubtful. > > TL;DR; Surprisingly, I did not find the GAE platform to be a > supportive environment for startups. > > ionwake @ ~2016-03-21 22:xx UTC
  - ionwake 11y ago
    Well for some reason I can't seem to be able to delete my comment, so I guess there isn't much I can do =(
    - pygy_ 11y ago
      The edit window is open for one or two hours.
      - ionwake 11y ago
        Yes but my NOPROCRAST settings blocked my access for an hour so I wasn't able to.
  - youareacreep 11y ago
    Well that's just creepy. I bet you're known as the weird guy who won't take no for an answer, and spends his time stalking acquaintances' internet presence wistfully.

by Strom 11y ago

ionwake2 11y ago

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I would like to retract the statement that it was a member of staff, you are correct, this may have not been the case. It was a while ago and it may have just been someone in the know, who didn't actually work for google. I didnt expect anyone to even notice my comment. I should have been more careful with my statements. I will be removing the comment when HN allows me to log back in (apparently I can log in again in about an hour).

avar 11y ago
> I will be removing the comment when HN allows me to log back in. In that case, here's a copy of your initial comment, because removing top-level comments that have ongoing follow-up discussion makes for very confusing discussions: > All I know about GAE is that when my python app started being used > by HN users I upgraded my account to a paid one to increase > performance. > > In the transition , without any warning, google took the app down, > for a day. Thus killing all chance of acquiring a userbase now that > I had hit the frontpage. > > When I went onto the IRC GAE channel to ask someone for help to > unlock or keep the app running during this important moment the > reply from a staff member was ' You should have planned better'. I > was surprised to hear this response and did not pursue the matter > further. Its all in the IRC logs if any of this sounds doubtful. > > TL;DR; Surprisingly, I did not find the GAE platform to be a > supportive environment for startups. > > ionwake @ ~2016-03-21 22:xx UTC
- ionwake 11y ago
  Well for some reason I can't seem to be able to delete my comment, so I guess there isn't much I can do =(
  - pygy_ 11y ago
    The edit window is open for one or two hours.
    - ionwake 11y ago
      Yes but my NOPROCRAST settings blocked my access for an hour so I wasn't able to.
- youareacreep 11y ago
  Well that's just creepy. I bet you're known as the weird guy who won't take no for an answer, and spends his time stalking acquaintances' internet presence wistfully.