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TBH there has been alot of outrage about how this inciddent was handled Nao, however the truth is why people with the closed mindset hold authority then nowt will really change, one reason why it was such a shame for k@ to leave as he was wulling to speak out as much as me.

Not really Kat, it's all part and parcel with the general attitude and conduct of those currently in control. There is a general disregard for morals and respect of the users. It is so rapant that it reflects back on others like yourself. Your experience is nothing more than a different chapter in the same book.Much of what occurred is well hidden. It only comes to light when others have had enough of the BS and speak out. More often than not, people feel it is hopeless to stand up against the bullies and simply move on, so this never comes to light either.
I can't count the number of people who sent me PM over there thanking me for taking a stand, feeling bad about the unjustified persecution, both staff and members, expressing having experienced the same abuse.
Someone with the powers found out because I made reference to all the complaints and support I got in PM's and those posts disappeared shortly after.
Someone is very skillful at covering their tracks, with fog and misdirection.
The fact that you are an outspoken person yet as VP have no access to many controls says a lot. I'm thinking someone doesn't want you to know the truth. Deniability puts you in a save corner and gives you some immunity when the shit does hit the fan. Keeping you in the dark also affords them with a reputable person saying things are not what they seem and make it viable.
If your position as VP gives no more of a voice than that of a puppet perhaps it's time you too stepped further out of the box they created.
 

Isn't that the point of your site? :P

runic, are you talking about my issue or K@'s?

both as believe it or not they are related :)

@ARG, I wouldn't ask for posts to be deleted, simply that I no longer wish to have an account. I've been closing down things where I'd had dealings or debates with SMF team members where trying to argue about the things that are failing in that ecosystem. I think of it as a formal manner of closing the door on the past, so that I can move forward without any ties dragging me back.

Hopefully it will help discourage bringing more of the SMF drama here because frankly I'm fed up to the back teeth of every little thing that need not be a problem then being blown out of proportion by people who have demonstrated every possible way to fuck up a community of people who were happy to contribute their time and energy.

By not having an account at these places, I find myself not dragged in nearly so much to the crap and it doesn't weigh me down; I haven't written a line of PHP in days because I've had so much going on between RL and this crap.

Pete, you're still feeling too concerned about SMF.

Let's just sum it up in four words: they don't deserve it.

Repeat: they don't deserve it.

SMF is dying. All of the drama that we're seeing is the surface. The developers lack any motivation to work on SMF 2.1 (let alone 3.0), the only two devs left are on hiatus or something. The support team does what it does currently best -- "la la la la laaaaaa". The managers don't manage a thing. And ex-teamies with absolutely no rights over people can get away with censoring stuff they don't like.

Yes, Kindred, I'm talking about you -- o thou so holy. You still go ahead and give people lessons. But you won't even acknowledge your involvement in this. So yeah, keep doing what you do best. Keep trying to hide the truth. SMF is dying because no one at SMF cares about the software, they only care about the image of the project.

Karl Benson officially gave me full ownership of Aeva today (I want to thank him for clearing that up.)
Which means I can now freely delete Aeva Media *AND* Aeva Lite from the SMF website. Which I'll do once the first usable version of Wedge is out. Along with all of the other mods I made. (Which isn't much, but still.)

That's my way of saying 'thank you' to the SMF managers for how they treated the people who really care about SMF, the software. Most of which have put their trust in us and jumped on the Wedge ship. Thank you all. Wedge won't disappoint.

Nope, I'm from the US. I've been studying French for around a year now, and a few months ago I decided that, in order to make it feel more natural (we had just had a really difficult month or so in the class), I would set the sites I frequent most (FB, YouTube, Google, SM.org, and a couple other forums) to French. It's actually taught me a lot about the language.

To me, between English and French, French seems more logical for someone that doesn't know any of the Romance languages. Picking it up as a native English speaker was more difficult than I thought it would be, though it wasn't too bad since French and English are fairly similar. After just a year of French, it seems like learning English would be more difficult for a French speaker than vice-versa, though you may be able to correct me on that.

Nah. English is way easier.
French is crazy. Even Japanese is a bit easier.

Really? French is crazy, yes, but English always seemed like it would be even more crazy for a non-native speaker. With that said, my knowledge of linguistics isn't much, so you probably know more about it.

I have to agree with Ha² on this, French does seem more logical in many ways. I studied French for quite a few years. My only regret is that I never really followed up with it, so much so that I can only have a 1 directional conversation, you speak to me in French I respond in English :P

So. Anyone interested in knowing the names of the cowards who censored the AeMe page and won't even admit it?

I'd be very interested to know, I could guess at 3 names in particular.

Does this mean you now actually know who did it??