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I'm not really suggesting people do that, just pointing out what happens. It's slightly difficult to post links to threads that they delete...

by esskay 3y ago

cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago
I for one and willing to live with the egg on my face if you actually prove this. I am extremely, extremely skeptical that you are truthfully and wholly representing whatever situation you are referring to.
- esskay 3y ago
  As I say, its fairly hard to demonstrate 'live' as they delete the posts, but if it helps here's a few reports of it, and related activities: - https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/forum/19543/banned-no-good-deed-goes-unpunished https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/foru... (lots of similar reports of weird bans) - https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/raspberry-pi-forums-banned-me-again-ltlol-facepalmed-hardgt/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/raspberry-pi-forums-banne... (a few people reporting similar cases / reasons for being banned here) - https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=38424 https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=38424 (mod even confirms questioning mods will get you banned) - https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=78285 https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=78285 And somewhat unrelated to the forum, there's this https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/ https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry... which highlights the issues with the main person who's caused their forums and community to have such a hostile attitude towards its users. The followup interview will let you draw your own conclusions about the head of their social team... https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspberry-pi-hired-ex-cop-mastodon-controversy https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspb...
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    > And somewhat unrelated to the forum, there's this ... which highlights the issues with the main person who's caused their forums and community to have such a hostile attitude towards its users. The followup interview will let you draw your own conclusions about the head of their social team... What a ride. The entire story is nuts, from the start (of hiring an ex-cop and have him brag about covert devices, against a user base of traditionally cop-critical nerds) over the completely messed up response to critics over the conspiracy theory spreading and the "being ex cop is like being a Chinese woman" statement in the end.
  - arp242 3y ago
    You can find complaints like that for any forum that's been around for a while. You should see what some people are saying about HN for example. I've banned people a as moderator, and some of them have gone on to spread complete falsehoods about this. While I'm not saying there is not a problem or that all accounts are incorrect, I find it very hard to trust these accounts from random anonymous internet people. Especially not the type of person who goes off on rants that RaspberryPi is all a scam from Broadcom (or ... something) because that seems exactly the sort of person that should be banned. Hell, one of those links was just a new user mistakenly banned because they looked like a spambot, which was resolved quickly. That sort of thing that happens all the time. Did you even read your own links?
    - esskay 3y ago
      I don't disagree that there are going to be a loud minority who genuinely did deserve a ban, and I did read the links, as I mentioned before though the links were only provided as a 'this is all I can provide short of you trying it yourself' as they tend to delete posts from new users who've been banned for asking a legitimate question. I was in a bit of a lose lose situation by posting.
- joshxyz 3y ago
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I'm not really suggesting people do that, just pointing out what happens. It's slightly difficult to post links to threads that they delete...

by esskay 3y ago

I'm not really suggesting people do that, just pointing out what happens. It's slightly difficult to post links to threads that they delete...

cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago

I for one and willing to live with the egg on my face if you actually prove this. I am extremely, extremely skeptical that you are truthfully and wholly representing whatever situation you are referring to.

esskay 3y ago
As I say, its fairly hard to demonstrate 'live' as they delete the posts, but if it helps here's a few reports of it, and related activities: - https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/forum/19543/banned-no-good-deed-goes-unpunished https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/foru... (lots of similar reports of weird bans) - https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/raspberry-pi-forums-banned-me-again-ltlol-facepalmed-hardgt/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/raspberry-pi-forums-banne... (a few people reporting similar cases / reasons for being banned here) - https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=38424 https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=38424 (mod even confirms questioning mods will get you banned) - https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=78285 https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=78285 And somewhat unrelated to the forum, there's this https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry-pis-incident-on-the-fediverse/ https://eiara.nz/posts/2022/Dec/09/a-case-study-on-raspberry... which highlights the issues with the main person who's caused their forums and community to have such a hostile attitude towards its users. The followup interview will let you draw your own conclusions about the head of their social team... https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspberry-pi-hired-ex-cop-mastodon-controversy https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspb...
- mschuster91 3y ago
  > And somewhat unrelated to the forum, there's this ... which highlights the issues with the main person who's caused their forums and community to have such a hostile attitude towards its users. The followup interview will let you draw your own conclusions about the head of their social team... What a ride. The entire story is nuts, from the start (of hiring an ex-cop and have him brag about covert devices, against a user base of traditionally cop-critical nerds) over the completely messed up response to critics over the conspiracy theory spreading and the "being ex cop is like being a Chinese woman" statement in the end.
- arp242 3y ago
  You can find complaints like that for any forum that's been around for a while. You should see what some people are saying about HN for example. I've banned people a as moderator, and some of them have gone on to spread complete falsehoods about this. While I'm not saying there is not a problem or that all accounts are incorrect, I find it very hard to trust these accounts from random anonymous internet people. Especially not the type of person who goes off on rants that RaspberryPi is all a scam from Broadcom (or ... something) because that seems exactly the sort of person that should be banned. Hell, one of those links was just a new user mistakenly banned because they looked like a spambot, which was resolved quickly. That sort of thing that happens all the time. Did you even read your own links?
  - esskay 3y ago
    I don't disagree that there are going to be a loud minority who genuinely did deserve a ban, and I did read the links, as I mentioned before though the links were only provided as a 'this is all I can provide short of you trying it yourself' as they tend to delete posts from new users who've been banned for asking a legitimate question. I was in a bit of a lose lose situation by posting.
joshxyz 3y ago
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