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He said that it sucks and we all know it does. I think there's a big difference between vibecoding a product in a week and blogspamming to promote it and runnin

by efilife 2mo ago

He said that it sucks and we all know it does. I think there's a big difference between vibecoding a product in a week and blogspamming to promote it and running a legitimate business for the past 15 years, and suddenly getting delisted by google. After fighting to get his site back on Google for a YEAR, I can understand his frustration - and would probably do the same. According to him he tried every single legitimate option before finally succumbing. I have no dog in this fight, I disagree with some stuff that he says, just so you know. And what's his other project that you keep mentioning? I haven't heard of it yet. Addendum: the argument of trying to grow hia business may not be valid, as he mentioned that he voluntarily (iirc) shrunk his business lately

Aurornis 2mo ago
> And what's his other project that you keep mentioning? I haven't heard of it yet. https://www.fulu.org/ https://www.fulu.org/ They went straight for an AI generated website with a bunch of AI copy that didn't really make sense when they first launched it. I only know this because it got posted here without context and a lot of us were trying to figure out what was going on with that website. IIRC he had the same excuse about not wanting to be delisted by Google, but it was literally a brand new website. I think you're reaching to defend the guy, but it's clear that he just likes to lean into the AI slop and then record 30 minute videos where he explains that he's actually the victim in the whole situation.
- efilife 1mo ago
  Aren't you misremembering? I checked the first webarchive snapshots of this site and the site is almost the same as today https://web.archive.org/web/20251001004605/https://fulu.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20251001004605/https://fulu.org/ Does the site feel AI-generated to you? Also I may be dumb but I can't find the thread you are talking about, anytime the site got posted it got almost no traction: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=fulu.org&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=fulu.org&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Edit, I think I found it:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739271 I'll read it soon. Another edit: this isn't it. >I think you're reaching to defend the guy I think you don't understand my intentions even though I explicitly stated I don't care about the verdict. I don't care about defending him for the sake of defending him. I defend actions I deem reasonable regardless of who is doing them. You haven't addressed the points from my previous comment, and only picked one so I can't comment much more. >IIRC he had the same excuse about not wanting to be delisted by Google Do you know where I can find him saying this? I'm not requiring you to send me the source, just point me in the right direction. I am always happy to change my opinion when new facts emerge

by efilife 2mo ago

Aurornis 2mo ago

> And what's his other project that you keep mentioning? I haven't heard of it yet. https://www.fulu.org/ https://www.fulu.org/ They went straight for an AI generated website with a bunch of AI copy that didn't really make sense when they first launched it. I only know this because it got posted here without context and a lot of us were trying to figure out what was going on with that website. IIRC he had the same excuse about not wanting to be delisted by Google, but it was literally a brand new website. I think you're reaching to defend the guy, but it's clear that he just likes to lean into the AI slop and then record 30 minute videos where he explains that he's actually the victim in the whole situation.

efilife 1mo ago
Aren't you misremembering? I checked the first webarchive snapshots of this site and the site is almost the same as today https://web.archive.org/web/20251001004605/https://fulu.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20251001004605/https://fulu.org/ Does the site feel AI-generated to you? Also I may be dumb but I can't find the thread you are talking about, anytime the site got posted it got almost no traction: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=fulu.org&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=fulu.org&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Edit, I think I found it:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45739271 I'll read it soon. Another edit: this isn't it. >I think you're reaching to defend the guy I think you don't understand my intentions even though I explicitly stated I don't care about the verdict. I don't care about defending him for the sake of defending him. I defend actions I deem reasonable regardless of who is doing them. You haven't addressed the points from my previous comment, and only picked one so I can't comment much more. >IIRC he had the same excuse about not wanting to be delisted by Google Do you know where I can find him saying this? I'm not requiring you to send me the source, just point me in the right direction. I am always happy to change my opinion when new facts emerge