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Are we really this stupid ?

squiz Clifton
Disgruntled Second Lifer.
Join date: 1 Jun 2006
Posts: 123
10-07-2006 12:05
quote "Sorry for the confusion Winter - Wordpress is hosting our blog to prevent it from getting slower during emergencies - read more here."

Ohhh right its for emergencies ?

so your not receiving any payment from them for getting them more users so they have more email addresses to sell to third parties ?

Why cant you set up your own blog server ? its not like you cant afford it.

Oh btw did anyone read this ?

quote "Folks, you should shoot your WordPress provider for the worst, stupidest, most bizarre registration process I've ever seen in my entire history on the web (which is since its inception).

First, why the hell did you lose our previous authentication data?

Second, they won't accept a two part user name with a space in it, so it's impossible to use your main SL account name as your login name.

Third, in the temp password they give you, their numeral 0 looks like the letter "o". Took me 5 freaking attempts to figure out that stupidity.

Fourth, when you finally get logged in and go to "My Account" > "My Profile" to attempt to change your displayed name to match your actual SL name under which you prefer to post, that link instead requires you to set up a blog (when they give you the choice of taking only a user name at first registration). I DO NOT WANT TO SET UP A FREAKING BLOG ON THEIR SITE JUST TO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG.

Fifth, why the hell aren't you requiring some form of authentication/tie to an actual SL user name so that other griefers can't just change their screen name to spoof somebody else's SL name and grief you with comments that you supposedly make?

Add all these up, and it simply means you will NEVER, EVER get any feedback from me on your blog again. Period. End of story.

Guess I'll just spam the few forums left here when I need to give you feed back. Nice result of your new policy, eh?"

Go lindens............not.
Robin Linden
Linden Lifer
Join date: 25 Nov 2002
Posts: 1,224
10-07-2006 16:30
Believe it or not, we aren't getting paid. We also aren't trying to discourage people from posting their thoughts and ideas. And I agree wholeheartedly about the naming problem. We're looking into that as I write.

Our goal is to make sure the blog is always accessible, not to prohibit you from communicating with us. I apologize for the problems you're encountering while we make the change to the new hosted server.
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