Comment by pyuser583

6 days ago

What about the reverse of this, where the mods seem just a little to enthusiastic about one particular product?

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kjs3  6 days ago

Follow the money.

  • pyuser583  5 days ago

    I agree with other commenters - it's not always about money. Sometimes a customer just had a good experience with a product, and it catches.

    Marketers love this sort of organic promotion. That doesn't make it less authentic.

  • astrange  5 days ago

    I don't think I've ever seen this phrase used about a conspiracy that actually happened. It always just ends up that they misread something.

    Especially in politics, casual observers assume everything is about money (especially shadowy "corporations") but politicians are almost always legitimately ideological, which is actually worse!

  • michaelnovati  5 days ago

    Agreed, try to figure out how I benefit in any way from Codesmith's decline. Not theoretical, but hard facts. I know of THREE people that considered going to Codesmith and went to Formation instead. One of them I tried very hard to convince to go to Codesmith and she instead got a job on her own and then came to Formation.

    All of this for three customers? It doesn't add up and there are some missing pieces in the story.

    • Montymio  5 days ago

      Here’s why i think you do it— it’s because if Codesmith can do what it says it does, which it clearly can from everything I see, and which would make them a direct competitor to Formation, then you and Formation benefit by either, a) talking them out of Codesmith indirectly by bashing Codesmith relentlessly on reddit and creating a haze of doubt, or more likely maybe— b) you create self doubt for Codesmith grads so that they’ll then feel like they need Formation somehow. In other words, your near daily posts on reddit help turn Codesmith grads in a sales funnel for formation. Either way, it’s gross behavior.

    • jibal  5 days ago

      It's widely agreed in your sub that you over post, are overly critical of CS, fail to moderate your friends (or possibly socks) like u/Ok-Donuts, and are generally a bad moderator and should step down.

      Also you have failed to refute anything in the OP.

    • Hamuko  5 days ago

      >Agreed, try to figure out how I benefit in any way from Codesmith's decline.

      According to your Hacker News post history, you are the co-founder of Formation.dev. Source: https://www.codesmith.io/

      It does not seem that far-fetched that you benefit as the founder of a company that is competing against bootcamp companies like Codemsith.

    • kjs3  5 days ago

      I know of THREE people

      Well That Settles It. /sarcasm

      P.S. - quit saying there are some missing pieces in the story until you are going to fill in the rest of the story. You keep saying it, and you are pegging to 11 the bullshit meter of people (like me) who never heard of you or your company (which I won't get near with a 10m pole next time training budget is on the table) or the companies you clearly tried targeted.

      P.P.S. - Get a media consultant. Seriously, you suck at this.

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