I'm annoyed to constantly have my comments blocked on Metanomics whenever I post, and I'm tired of the bullshit excuses, even from decent people like Roland. who says now and then "OMG, you were in the spam filter". I'm sorry, that's bullshit. And I'll start a reciprocity of banning Beyers Sellers from posting here and advertising himself all the time unless there's a stop put to this.
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for me to be blocked from that site. There's nothing objectionable in my posts even by the church-lady standards that Beyers tries to instill.
Here's my post that was blocked re: Silicon Valley and the economy.
Silicon Valley Feeling the Pain
Submitted by Prokofy Neva (not verified) on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 22:18.
I am very glad that Silicon Valley is finally feeling the burn that the rest of us have felt in the country for a year. We've heard all too many arrogant and nasty comments about people "borrowing beyond their means" from people who live off VC capital; it was only a few weeks ago that we had to endure snarky comments about how "Silicon Valley adds value" and how bankers and financiers on the East Coast "don't add value" and how SV is now recruiting the East Coasters.
In fact, the recession will affect everyone, and Silicon Valley will not be exempt. Who do they think buys all their computers and gadgets?
Clay Shirky is far too boastful. The capital requirements are still major, and there will be less and less willingness to tolerate so many repetitive duplicates of social media outlets and their widgets. We are likely to see them winnowed down.
I don't buy this facile connection between "hard times" and "escapism" because Second Life isn't "escapism" for everybody. It is not like going to the movies; the learning curve and the difficulties means it is for a niche that is not likely to change so drastically with the economy.
I saw customers leave SL with gas prices going up because they really needed every last dollar. They came back when gas prices fell, also because they don't drive around to malls or restaurants as much as they did before gas prices were up. It isn't so much about "escapism" as it is about the price of gas.
The recession was in full swing even this past summer, when the SL economy was tanking, so you cannot say in such simplistic terms that recession causes "cocooning" in SL. It could just as well cause
I'm sorry .... What?
even I get stuck in the spam filters from some of the places I post to most often, many of them not even Second Life related. If you post too much within certain systems prokofy, the filter is going to flag your IP as belonging to a possible spammer. That is not bullshit, it's a fact.
It is also a fact that they really do not need a reason to block a person's comments. Yeah, it sucks when you have posting ability removed from a site, it is not the end of the world nor is thee reason to get so upset about it.
Now, I'm pretty sure that my own posts here get caught in the filter on occasion. No big deal.
Posted by: Sean Williams | October 11, 2008 at 08:01 AM
No, Sean, that's bullshit, and you are a puny little asshole for coming along with your usual deeply fucked-up comments.
It's not an occasional accident -- it has happened numerous times, and I just haven't bothered to follow up.
Yes, they need a reason to block someone's comments, as they have to justify themselves, and especially Roland, who has been far too craven about sucking up to these people, when he knows better, and when he is smarter than that.
It's perfectly fine to complain about it, and doing so is proper and right, and not some indication of "whining" or "saying it's the end of the world".
Your own posts don't get caught there routinely, so don't be a dick.
So I'll ban Beyers Sellers now, and Roland, as a measure of reciprocity, until they can get this solved. It's only fair. My rule is that you cannot post here if you cause me damages. Deliberately and arbitrarily banning me from your site without any application of a rule, that's causing me damages. It's not my usual case for "damages," but in this case, they are high-profile enough that they can wake up and fix this issue. Whether it's "a spam filter" (*cough*) or the fact that a ban put in place by Nick back when I was arbitrarily expelled from the old Metaversed, no matter. Fix it, or you don't post here.
Posted by: Prokofy Neva | October 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM
And your point to all of this?
Sorry to have to tell you this but your view on this matter is the one that is deeply fucked up.
No one needs a reason - period. They get to block and unblock as they see fit.
The sad part of this is that you actually believe that they need and indeed have some reason for blocking you.
Your own 'reasons' for blocking some people are about as fucked up as your idea concerning needing a reason to do so.
Blocking and banning a person is NOT 'causing damages' and is about as false a reason as any you have cited.
Christ Almighty ... do as you please but don't use some bullshit excuses to do so.
Posted by: Sean Williams | October 11, 2008 at 01:01 PM