MusicalMind in HDB #1481192

[*] I didn't step down from PTP for lack of time. I had some RL issues go on, but now I'm back with time PTP decided to go a different direction and that's their choice. All things happen for a reason and so I agreed to help out Blutopia. I won't get into the internal politics but me not being back there is certainly not my choice, I would have gone back without question.

[*] I don't post to reddit, but obviously I do post to HDBits so here we go:

I came into Blutopia as a complete outsider. I was asked to join the team a couple of months before the site crashed.

Facts:
[*] HDVinnie didn’t do this deliberately. I know the conspiracy theories but he was genuinely more hurt by this than anyone else.
[*] If Blutopia was making the kind of money that is claimed, there is no way HDVinnie would have given up the domain and further if he had the backups he would have restored it. The arguments and conspiracy theories are nonsensical.

Do I think when the site crashed, HDVinnie thought it was time to move on. Yes, and the post above is exactly why he felt that way. We could air out dirty laundry all the time, do I agree with everything that was done in the past? Absolutely not. For instance the feud with BHD was handled entirely incorrectly and a few simple nice pleases and thank yous would have fixed it.

The biggest complaint was that HDVinnie was not transparent about the money; I really do not get this argument. Donations are donations, you’re donating because you appreciate something. How much one raises from donations is their business. Would I personally disclose how much I got? Yes. Do I agree with some of the perks that were given? Absolutely not – however it was not my site, it was his. Why someone else spends money, is their right as an adult to do – my biggest complaint about certain staff on other sites is they treat everyone with disrespect and like criminals and get off on being nasty.

You can’t change the past but only move forward, I am not saying HDVinnie didn’t screw up with the backup situation, and that it was handled terribly. It was, he is the first to admit it was.

As to receiving money from him or not, that is not really for this topic. However, if Blu gets money from him, that is fantastic, if Blu does not get money from him, that doesn't stop the site coming back - it is being funded by the staff on the site both in time and cash.

However, the one real sad thing is.. that the rage quit on Reddit has made getting money from him all that much harder, it was an act of total sabotage. The anger is not what you said, the anger, Audionut is that you said it on Reddit. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. As to my personal opinion.

HDVinnie is like everyone else in this world flawed. The man, like a few others I can mention does not filter and acts out of anger without actually thinking through what their doing. The UNIT3D source code is FOSS and everything on it is open source. People get upset because he charges for support, that is no different than ubuntu or any other person doing that. If you don't want his support, you don't have to pay for it, the code is there; you can take the time and learn how it works. Do I agree with his interactions, no, but like most coders / development times he doesn't have the people skills.

I am sick of the dick measuring contests - Audionut you are more than entitled to how you feel, some of what you said is true. However, the way you did it was very wrong. I don't air out my dirty laundry, hence why you don't hear me complaining about PTP even though I am exceptionally hurt and feel betrayed by it - it is just one of those things.

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Pub: 23 Nov 2024 00:51 UTC

Edit: 23 Nov 2024 00:51 UTC

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