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| phil from seattle:
Well not really a rant but rather personal observation. I used to like Hackaday. Always showing something interesting and different. They have always had a bit of a lightweight air about them but lately they seem to be really grasping at things to promote and have become intolerant of negative opinion. Recently they promoted a giant Arduino made with painted cardboard and powered by a Nano. Deeply lame. The worst part is they deleted all the comments complaining that they have sunk low. The ones I saw were not nasty or violating their community standards. Another one featured a nearly 2 hour video about how to use embroidery hoops to suspend a microphone. Interesting idea but a) waaaay too long, b) the camera didn't properly frame the 2 girls doing it and c) the dialog was complete and utter blather (not that I watched more than a minute in total after skipping around a bit). The idea could have been communicated in 1 photo and a sentence or two. Comments pointing that out were deleted. For the record, I haven't had any comments deleted. |
| MrMobodies:
This one: https://hackaday.com/2020/12/11/gigantic-working-arduino-uses-1-4-cables/ Just looking at the cables and there still seems to be many but just a bit tidier that's all and I see no tracers on it. It looks like a decoration to me. |
| Bud:
--- Quote from: phil from seattle on December 11, 2020, 07:28:36 pm --- The idea could have been communicated in 1 photo and a sentence or two. --- End quote --- Yes, but the girls ... Didnt you get that? |
| floobydust:
Hackaday is mainly showboating of one-man band projects, followed by the usual orphaned project- your basic dead end. There is no community input or divvied up work, just "comments" after the fact. It's like a TV show for projects, Kardashians included. I tried for two years to buy a Hackaday t-shirt. Got pissed off and flamed Elliot, muh how hard is it to order some t-shirts and have them in stock? Store - deleted lol. Then they started the hackaday.io "platform" to pimp out people's projects. What a mess - just try clicking on "Files" for the projects and enjoy those .pdf's Some for sale on Tindie, some open-source, others missing content enough to reproduce the build. What is Hackaday's revenue model, how do they make profit enough to pay staff and keep the lights on? |
| phil from seattle:
--- Quote from: Bud on December 11, 2020, 07:46:33 pm --- --- Quote from: phil from seattle on December 11, 2020, 07:28:36 pm --- The idea could have been communicated in 1 photo and a sentence or two. --- End quote --- Yes, but the girls ... Didnt you get that? --- End quote --- Girls, if I need that, there's lots better places. But don't tell my wife... |
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