Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@dbeato said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller I was referring to their "we're axing everyone who is a member of any other tech community"
I am still part on that community. It would be crazy if they axed a lot of the contributors at once.
Or really, any. ZD has nothing to win from that, if anything it would be the time to bring old ones back.
That is what I said here
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
Someone should login to spiteworks and see if they'll be reinstating the accounts that were axed because of the tantrum of SpiteWorks management.
Wait, you mean the <string of expletives omitted> that used to swing the banhammer freely might be gone soon? As in, my account might get to come back from the permanent time-out corner it was placed in so many years ago now??? I'll believe it when I see it.
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@RojoLoco When you've got a little pecker and a little authority, you tend to abuse both.
So who knows, maybe? It would be in ZD's benefit.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
So who knows, maybe? It would be in ZD's benefit.
It would be, they have a moment here where they could step in and reverse a lot of historic ill will if they so choose. Or they can maintain it. This is their time to make that decision and pick the direction that they want to take the community. As a new owner, they have a chance to not be tied to any previous decisions. But choosing to maintain those decisions would change that if they go that direction.
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@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
So who knows, maybe? It would be in ZD's benefit.
It would be, they have a moment here where they could step in and reverse a lot of historic ill will if they so choose. Or they can maintain it. This is their time to make that decision and pick the direction that they want to take the community. As a new owner, they have a chance to not be tied to any previous decisions. But choosing to maintain those decisions would change that if they go that direction.
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@RojoLoco When you've got a little pecker and a little authority, you tend to abuse both.
So who knows, maybe? It would be in ZD's benefit.
I guess I'll just post a bunch of stuff while they are transitioning... because it will light up the mod queue. Gotta give those new folks some work to do.
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i'm sad panda
. Lee Y and Chris W. gone. Brilliant minds. 
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@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
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@It-Unicorn said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
i'm sad panda
. Lee Y and Chris W. gone. Brilliant minds. No sense in shedding tears for a company that has been selling you for profit since the day you signed up. I'm sure those 2 (and all the others) would push you in front of a bus if it would make them a buck.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
What did you do?
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@It-Unicorn said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
i'm sad panda
. Lee Y and Chris W. gone. Brilliant minds. Likely the first of many casualties. I've added who I can on LinkedIn. Only people with some public presence are going to be noticed. I suspect a lot of behind the scenes people will have been axed without us ever finding out.
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@IRJ said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
What did you do?
The same things that Scott and a lot of other people here did, told the unabashed truth about ipod and software solutions without holding back.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@IRJ said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
What did you do?
The same things that Scott and a lot of other people here did, told the unabashed truth about ipod and software solutions without holding back.
Less about solutions, more about vendors.
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@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@IRJ said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
What did you do?
The same things that Scott and a lot of other people here did, told the unabashed truth about ipod and software solutions without holding back.
Less about solutions, more about vendors.
In any case, nothing that is "ban worthy", speaking honestly about a software vendor is something that any community should foster.
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@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@IRJ said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@scottalanmiller said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
If there is even a way to do it. Who really knows as their platform is a joke and a half.
The accounts still exist, unbanning them should not be hard.
Considering my account shows
I'm not holding my breath.
What did you do?
The same things that Scott and a lot of other people here did, told the unabashed truth about ipod and software solutions without holding back.
Less about solutions, more about vendors.
In any case, nothing that is "ban worthy", speaking honestly about a software vendor is something that any non-advertising based community should foster.
FTFY
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@RojoLoco I would actually argue that with you. A honest opinion about a software vendor is worth way more than whitewashing the truth about them.
How many horrible vendors remain out there because they have these weird sorts of stipulations about "if we advertise with you, you have to protect our reputation".
It isn't the community managements job, to protect their paying vendor. The vendor should strive to either have a good product or an amazing support team or some combination.
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Specifically because if a vendor has a product you're considering, and you buy it, and it doesn't work, support blows, cost a fortune - people should know it.
But if it doesn't work ootb, but support was there to help you - people should know it.
And if it just didn't work for your business and support was there to try and make it work for you - people should know about it.
An honest and transparent statement about the vendor would garner more trust from other potential customers. Rather than the opposite.
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@DustinB3403 well that may be true, but only if you're confusing a real community (like ML) with an ad-driven, vendor worshipping cash grab like shitworks. Honest feedback from users is crucial to product development for some vendors, others not so much. That seemed to be the M.O. of the spiteful peppers.
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@RojoLoco said in Spiceworks Just Got Acquired by Publisher Ziff-Davis:
@DustinB3403 well that may be true, but only if you're confusing a real community (like ML) with an ad-driven, vendor worshipping cash grab like shitworks. Honest feedback from users is crucial to product development for some vendors, others not so much. That seemed to be the M.O. of the spiteful peppers.
I can't argue with you there.
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You cant serve two masters.
Either your loyalty lies with advertisers or with community.
