Comments for Pligg Blog http://www.pligg.com/blog Pligg Content Management System Sat, 10 May 2008 20:46:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on The Joke’s on Dreamhost by sosonko http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-11314 sosonko Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-11314 still happy with dreamhost still happy with dreamhost

]]> Comment on Want to Beta Test Pligg 9.9.0 ? by darkcast http://www.pligg.com/blog/2007/12/24/want-to-beta-test-pligg-990/#comment-11146 darkcast Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:29:13 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2007/12/24/want-to-beta-test-pligg-990/#comment-11146 i want to beta test i want to beta test

]]> Comment on The Joke’s on Dreamhost by Yankidank http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10804 Yankidank Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:40:46 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10804 I expect a higher degree of professional conduct from companies that I'm dealing with. My current host for Pligg.com's server treats me in such a way that I feel comfortable with and I would gladly recommend them to a friend for their service and support on top of that. Dreamhost takes a much more casual approach to their business relations, which this blog post is really about. Everyone gets up in arms about me publicly stating that I can no longer recommend them, but it's a decision that I've made to protect users from experiencing similar problems. I'm willing to go on record that Dreamhost is a good host, but they don't offer what I'm looking for in a host and as such I can not support them until they change a few things. I expect a higher degree of professional conduct from companies that I’m dealing with. My current host for Pligg.com’s server treats me in such a way that I feel comfortable with and I would gladly recommend them to a friend for their service and support on top of that. Dreamhost takes a much more casual approach to their business relations, which this blog post is really about. Everyone gets up in arms about me publicly stating that I can no longer recommend them, but it’s a decision that I’ve made to protect users from experiencing similar problems. I’m willing to go on record that Dreamhost is a good host, but they don’t offer what I’m looking for in a host and as such I can not support them until they change a few things.

]]> Comment on The Joke’s on Dreamhost by Matt http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10803 Matt Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:16:45 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10803 "You mean admitting to charging users $7.5 million that they don’t owe?" Don't sensationalize like Techcrunch typically does. You're talking about thousands of people and businesses. Jerome Kerviel lost $7.1 billion of his employer Société Générale's money in diliberate fraud. Many shareholders of that company will never see that money again. Dreamhost's blunder was accidental and extremely small by comparison. "I had previously been a fan of Dreamhost over the years because of their swift support and excellent web panel features, but this incident was the last straw" You gave them 2 straws. Talk about being strict. “You mean admitting to charging users $7.5 million that they don’t owe?”

Don’t sensationalize like Techcrunch typically does. You’re talking about thousands of people and businesses. Jerome Kerviel lost $7.1 billion of his employer Société Générale’s money in diliberate fraud. Many shareholders of that company will never see that money again. Dreamhost’s blunder was accidental and extremely small by comparison.

“I had previously been a fan of Dreamhost over the years because of their swift support and excellent web panel features, but this incident was the last straw”

You gave them 2 straws. Talk about being strict.

]]> Comment on Seasons Greetings Pliggers! by bo http://www.pligg.com/blog/2007/12/18/seasons-greetings-pliggers/#comment-10799 bo Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:21:23 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2007/12/18/seasons-greetings-pliggers/#comment-10799 hello, i 'd like to beta test fraxi in France : when and how will it be possible ?! I am impatient of discovering this new service : ) thank you hello, i ‘d like to beta test fraxi in France : when and how will it be possible ?!
I am impatient of discovering this new service : ) thank you

]]> Comment on Free Tools Pligg Developers Couldn’t Live Without by David Mackey http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/17/free-tools-pligg-developers-couldnt-live-without/#comment-10791 David Mackey Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:36:04 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/17/free-tools-pligg-developers-couldnt-live-without/#comment-10791 Good list. I love FileZilla. Good list. I love FileZilla.

]]> Comment on The Joke’s on Dreamhost by David Mackey http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10790 David Mackey Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:35:08 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10790 Haven't used dreamhost. Currently with bluehost. Haven’t used dreamhost. Currently with bluehost.

]]> Comment on The Joke’s on Dreamhost by stephanie http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10784 stephanie Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:18:31 +0000 http://www.pligg.com/blog/2008/01/16/the-jokes-on-dreamhost/#comment-10784 I absolutely love Dreamhost and I much preferred their candid, human response than what a soulless corporation would spout. I like that they don't have some PR flack writing their apologies for them. I appreciated their explanation very much. You can't please everyone. Had they written the corporate-type apology apparently *you* wanted, then others would have been less than pleased. Dreamhost is an employee-owned and run operation. I do business with them precisely because they aren't a slick corporation. They also do carbon offsetting for all hosting accounts as well as match donations to charities every month. That means much more to me than some slick response to an accident. I've had billing issues with many major corporations. Once my Wells Fargo debit card was accidentally charged and it turned out due to a security breach that 20,000-40,000 people got overcharged because their card numbers were stolen. Wells Fargo didn't open up a blog where poeple could complain to them. They made me fill out a ridiculous form and I had to wait over a month to get my money back. So the grass is not greener in a more traditional corporate setting either. I actually don't fault Wells Fargo (I did get my money back) but I would neither fault Dreamhost. Accidents and security breaches happen. But Dreamhost gets my continued loyalty for NOT following the slick corporate paradigm. Those that don't vibe with that can go on and support the corporate machine, I guess. But not me. And frankly, I'm disappointed in Pligg for this response. It seems more of a personal vendetta than anything and I'll think twice about exploring Pligg as a platform for future sites. Why? Because I feel Dreamhost should precisely get the benefit of the doubt for being employee owned and trying to do things differently than regular corporations. Open source people should get that. You apparently don't. That's a shame. I absolutely love Dreamhost and I much preferred their candid, human response than what a soulless corporation would spout. I like that they don’t have some PR flack writing their apologies for them. I appreciated their explanation very much. You can’t please everyone. Had they written the corporate-type apology apparently *you* wanted, then others would have been less than pleased.

Dreamhost is an employee-owned and run operation. I do business with them precisely because they aren’t a slick corporation. They also do carbon offsetting for all hosting accounts as well as match donations to charities every month. That means much more to me than some slick response to an accident.

I’ve had billing issues with many major corporations. Once my Wells Fargo debit card was accidentally charged and it turned out due to a security breach that 20,000-40,000 people got overcharged because their card numbers were stolen. Wells Fargo didn’t open up a blog where poeple could complain to them. They made me fill out a ridiculous form and I had to wait over a month to get my money back. So the grass is not greener in a more traditional corporate setting either.

I actually don’t fault Wells Fargo (I did get my money back) but I would neither fault Dreamhost. Accidents and security breaches happen. But Dreamhost gets my continued loyalty for NOT following the slick corporate paradigm. Those that don’t vibe with that can go on and support the corporate machine, I guess. But not me. And frankly, I’m disappointed in Pligg for this response. It seems more of a personal vendetta than anything and I’ll think twice about exploring Pligg as a platform for future sites.

Why? Because I feel Dreamhost should precisely get the benefit of the doubt for being employee owned and trying to do things differently than regular corporations. Open source people should get that. You apparently don’t. That’s a shame.

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