[Noisebridge-discuss] I am really disappointed with certain members of noisebridge

[Ian]

rachel,

thanks a lot, i really appreciate it.

ian


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> Seriously not excellent!
>
> If you did this, own up.  If you know who did it, get them to own up.
>
> Ian, on behalf of Noisebridge generally, I apologize.  This was a
> terrible thing to do to another member.
>
> Rachel
>
> Ian wrote:
>> last night, there was an attempted DDOS on the noisebridge forum from
>> 75.101.62.89 and 75.101.62.88. yes. those are both noisebridge IPs.
>> they submitted around 35,000 votes to the forum and could have taken
>> the entire uservoice site down.
>>
>> i have no problem with people voicing their concerns on the mailing
>> list, but to do something destructive and illegal using noisebridge
>> equipment against a company that one of its members works for simply
>> because you didnt agree with its usage is beyond pathetic. rubin, for
>> future reference, even though you may not mean anything destructive or
>> personal with your "abrasive" (as you put it in your personal apology
>> to me) comments on the list, other, weaker people on the list who are
>> followers will take them in a different way.
>>
>> i tried to not censor anyone on the feedback forum and accommodate
>> everyone and tried to play the role of strictly the forum admin. one
>> of our staff deleted the suggestion about trying to get root on our
>> site because, well, they simply viewed it as a threat against
>> uservoice. i assured them finding security flaws was legitimate and
>> will even benefit us. then they pointed to the suggestions about
>> disparaging uservoice and my comment facilitating that. then again i
>> reassured them i was only being the site administrator and that we
>> shouldnt censor people who use our product even if their suggestions
>> could hurt our business. the bottom line is i put my neck out to try
>> to provide noisebridge with something that i thought would be useful
>> and this is the thanks i get.
>>
>> aside from my current situation with the company, uservoice is talking
>> about taking legal action against noisebridge for the DDOS attack. i
>> have begged them to allow me to solve this without legal intervention.
>> i ask that the people who were responsible name themselves and
>> separate them from the rest of noisebridge. if you identify yourself,
>> explain and apologize for your actions, i think i can convince the
>> rest of uservoice to move past this.
>>
>> ian
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