Comments on: Don’t Shit On Your Volunteers http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/ Why stop now, just when I'm hating it? Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:47:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The New Wolfs Howl » Blog Archive » Brief notes http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 The New Wolfs Howl » Blog Archive » Brief notes Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:20:21 +0000 http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/#comment-1441 [...] me enough to make any comments (well, that’s not quite true, but I think everyone else has said everything I would say quite eloquently enough so I’ll stay away from the [...] [...] me enough to make any comments (well, that’s not quite true, but I think everyone else has said everything I would say quite eloquently enough so I’ll stay away from the [...]

]]> By: Juan http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Juan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:59:19 +0000 http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/#comment-1440 "Well done Matt, you have successfully alienated some of your most trusty volunteers and helpers that have done nothing but try to help thousands of people with not even a thankyou or an appreciation" Unfortunately, like I said in one of my blogs at wp.com, they don't care. Never have and never will. Besides, we're just a few grains of sand in their vast user base sea... “Well done Matt, you have successfully alienated some of your most trusty volunteers and helpers that have done nothing but try to help thousands of people with not even a thankyou or an appreciation”

Unfortunately, like I said in one of my blogs at wp.com, they don’t care. Never have and never will. Besides, we’re just a few grains of sand in their vast user base sea…

]]> By: timethief/inactive http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 timethief/inactive Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:42:06 +0000 http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/#comment-1444 /nod to Stephen T who has no trouble at all when it comes to staying on topic. I have the same creepy feeling that little brother Matt is watching every wp.com blog that I post to. I'm gone from wp.com and my hosted blogs no longer use Akismet. Defensio seems to be working very well for me. When it comes to Matt expressing appreciation for the work the volunteers do for his company this is what I observed. Raincoaster got the first domain and domain mapping at wp.com form wp.com free of charge. Sulz got a css upgrade for her blog free of charge. Drmike got a $500 commercial Akismet install for his hosting service free of charge, plus donations to his help me buy a lap top campaign, a domain, and other small perks from wp.com. I answered more questions than any of them (drmike included) and, I got a “sucker punch” free of charge. IMHO tiger's do not change their stripes. So expecting Matt to act in anyway other than being rude, ruthless and and very unprofessional, if and when he does grow up, is silly. /nod to Stephen T who has no trouble at all when it comes to staying on topic.

I have the same creepy feeling that little brother Matt is watching every wp.com blog that I post to. I’m gone from wp.com and my hosted blogs no longer use Akismet. Defensio seems to be working very well for me.

When it comes to Matt expressing appreciation for the work the volunteers do for his company this is what I observed.

Raincoaster got the first domain and domain mapping at wp.com form wp.com free of charge. Sulz got a css upgrade for her blog free of charge. Drmike got a $500 commercial Akismet install for his hosting service free of charge, plus donations to his help me buy a lap top campaign, a domain, and other small perks from wp.com. I answered more questions than any of them (drmike included) and, I got a “sucker punch” free of charge.

IMHO tiger’s do not change their stripes. So expecting Matt to act in anyway other than being rude, ruthless and and very unprofessional, if and when he does grow up, is silly.

]]> By: Steven T http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 Steven T Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:33:42 +0000 http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/#comment-1443 I wouldn't host my blogs with WP.com anyway, I have already seen some examples of Matt & Co sabotaging and even censoring blogs and comments that go through, I wouldn't feel safe at all, and in fact I don't feel safe posting comments on Wank's blog (or any WP.com blog for that matter) because I feel that Big Brother Matt is watching me and what I write, trying his best to probably delete/censor/modify/suppress my comments, I tend to avoid WP.com like the plague now. I have also decided to stop using Akisment or any service from Automattic that connects with my blog because I am starting to have a paranoia towards Automattic and their recent examples of suppression and censorship. Well done Matt, you have successfully alienated some of your most trusty volunteers and helpers that have done nothing but try to help thousands of people with not even a thankyou or an appreciation, maybe you'll alienate a few more and you will soon destroy the reputation of yourself and your company. You have proved how you can be despicable, callous, rude, alienating and very unprofessional, grow up. I wouldn’t host my blogs with WP.com anyway, I have already seen some examples of Matt & Co sabotaging and even censoring blogs and comments that go through, I wouldn’t feel safe at all, and in fact I don’t feel safe posting comments on Wank’s blog (or any WP.com blog for that matter) because I feel that Big Brother Matt is watching me and what I write, trying his best to probably delete/censor/modify/suppress my comments, I tend to avoid WP.com like the plague now. I have also decided to stop using Akisment or any service from Automattic that connects with my blog because I am starting to have a paranoia towards Automattic and their recent examples of suppression and censorship.

Well done Matt, you have successfully alienated some of your most trusty volunteers and helpers that have done nothing but try to help thousands of people with not even a thankyou or an appreciation, maybe you’ll alienate a few more and you will soon destroy the reputation of yourself and your company. You have proved how you can be despicable, callous, rude, alienating and very unprofessional, grow up.

]]> By: timethief http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 timethief Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:54:32 +0000 http://www.cornellfinch.com/2007/12/29/dont-shit-on-your-volunteers/#comment-1442 The answer is now clear as to why this has all happened. Wordpress hired “hanni” as their new Moderator aka “happiness engineer”. She has been lurking on the forum with no “member” key master” or “staff” behind her name now for 4 days. Check this out http://wank.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/our-new-robotic-overlord/ After wank exposed her the word "member" appeared and disappeared and was replaced with "moderator". This comment is to let you know that I have deleted the controversial posts from my blog and why I did that. The blog at http://wpbloggingtips.wordpress.com is a beginner’s blog. It contains valuable information that I put together with good intentions. Ironically I had already planned to back way off so I could fulfill my new commitment and I had arranged for that with raincoaster. It’s sad that the management and staff in wp lack the social skills that one would think are required of people in business. I do not want the all the work I did on the forum and in that blog to be smeared with the taint of the crap that has gone down. I’m turning my backside to wordpress, breaking some wind and then I’m walking away. The answer is now clear as to why this has all happened. Wordpress hired “hanni” as their new Moderator aka “happiness engineer”. She has been lurking on the forum with no “member” key master” or “staff” behind her name now for 4 days. Check this out http://wank.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/our-new-robotic-overlord/

After wank exposed her the word “member” appeared and disappeared and was replaced with “moderator”. This comment is to let you know that I have deleted the controversial posts from my blog and why I did that. The blog at http://wpbloggingtips.wordpress.com is a beginner’s blog. It contains valuable information that I put together with good intentions.

Ironically I had already planned to back way off so I could fulfill my new commitment and I had arranged for that with raincoaster. It’s sad that the management and staff in wp lack the social skills that one would think are required of people in business.

I do not want the all the work I did on the forum and in that blog to be smeared with the taint of the crap that has gone down. I’m turning my backside to wordpress, breaking some wind and then I’m walking away.

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