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Banned... No good deed goes unpunished

recantha

I can't quite believe this. The Foundation has banned me from the Forum. No warning, no notification, just the ban.

 

I _think_ it's because I warned them about an article I'd read where the problems with delivery from RS weren't being addressed by either the Foundation or by RS themselves... And then daring to explain why I'd posted it on the Forum instead of PMing someone (Liz and Eben are in the States...).

 

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19273&p=188490

 

I wouldn't mind if I'd been slating the Foundation or RS directly!

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Mike

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  • It's a shame, but what can you really do.  Although the Raspberry Pi StackExchange is good for questions, the "official" forums are not good for real community.

     

    And yes, it seems extremely silly that one is not allowed to discuss a NEWS article written by a journalist investigating a consumer/supply chain issue for a BUSINESS website.

     

    While it might not be constructive to discuss these problems in a forum about the Raspberry Pi itself, it certainly does raise questions which people should be concerned about with supply chain and sales - especially people who may be considering school orders.  Also, since there are limited places to purchase an RPi, discussion about WHERE to purchase has become relevant to the community.  If they were more widely available, there would be little discussion about how and where to purchase them or issues with particular vendors problem.  The supply problems do reflect poorly on the foundation, that's a simple fact.  Banning discussion of that isn't going to make the problem better.

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  • It's a shame, but what can you really do.  Although the Raspberry Pi StackExchange is good for questions, the "official" forums are not good for real community.

     

    And yes, it seems extremely silly that one is not allowed to discuss a NEWS article written by a journalist investigating a consumer/supply chain issue for a BUSINESS website.

     

    While it might not be constructive to discuss these problems in a forum about the Raspberry Pi itself, it certainly does raise questions which people should be concerned about with supply chain and sales - especially people who may be considering school orders.  Also, since there are limited places to purchase an RPi, discussion about WHERE to purchase has become relevant to the community.  If they were more widely available, there would be little discussion about how and where to purchase them or issues with particular vendors problem.  The supply problems do reflect poorly on the foundation, that's a simple fact.  Banning discussion of that isn't going to make the problem better.

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