SoFurry Coder Takes Ball, Goes Home

[Conan]

"DigitalMan", a former SoFurry coder who contributed to the chat portion of the site, was recently let go allegedly due to his behavior (though some claim it was in regards to "user-comforts and competent coding"). Well, today he decided to DMCA'd the site and force them to take down the chat. This, of course, unleashed a storm of butthurt all over SoFurry.

Discuss.

[Rawk]

More BAWWWWW.

http://dejitarujin.tumblr.com/ - DigitalMan's Tumblr (WARNING: toxic levels of lubricated tears)

MAX BUTTHURT

[Pi]

Wow, this guy is a massive assbag.

There are two instances I can recall of another coder editing my chat code. I them proceeded to flip the fuck out at them, and revert it to my previous version. Absolutely every single new or altered bit of chat code between January 28th and October 20th 2010 is something I wrote myself, alone, without any other coders adding to it during that time. If you know how SVN works, you know what a pain in the ass it is when anyone else has modified a file you are trying to commit. I was not working as “part of a team”, and the moment Toumal tried to make me act like part of a team, things fell apart. Why? Because I’m not part of a team. I work in my own, secluded little world where no one is allowed to touch what I’m working on. Basically, an independent contractor.

This, combined with the fact that he even considered the DMCA as a legitimate tool in his service, does not give me a very good impression of the guy.

[saiwolf]

Wow, this guy is a massive assbag.

You have no idea.

There are two instances I can recall of another coder editing my chat code. I them proceeded to flip the fuck out at them, and revert it to my previous version. Absolutely every single new or altered bit of chat code between January 28th and October 20th 2010 is something I wrote myself, alone, without any other coders adding to it during that time. If you know how SVN works, you know what a pain in the ass it is when anyone else has modified a file you are trying to commit. I was not working as “part of a team”, and the moment Toumal tried to make me act like part of a team, things fell apart. Why? Because I’m not part of a team. I work in my own, secluded little world where no one is allowed to touch what I’m working on. Basically, an independent contractor.

This, combined with the fact that he even considered the DMCA as a legitimate tool in his service, does not give me a very good impression of the guy.

He keeps claiming that he didn't say that "he invented the chat", but take a look at his website: http://anthroempire.net/

I would like to welcome all disgruntled SoFurry users. I am the creator of the chat you have been using up until this point, and owner of the related copyrights. As Toumal did not have permission to utilize or distribute my code without me, the law has required it to be taken down. As an alternative, you may go use the F-List chat.

[Pi]

Wow, this guy is a massive assbag.

You have no idea.

To be fair, Toumal is also in massive-assbag territory here. Neither side of this is at all reasonable.

[ProvincialTwit]

Like much of furry drama, ALL SIDES are WRONG

[ColonThree]

...created at a speed estimated at a minimum of five times faster than any professional programmer ought to go...I did not get to be valedictorian by cheating. I did not maintain a 4.0 GPA by using someone else’s work as a springboard. I did it by, quite literally, being the very best around.

I think IK has a competitor for King Ego Supreme. I stopped reading at that point, since it appeared to be an endless egowank.

[rodox_video]

Using the DMCA to get your way is rather like using old-school obscenity/sodomy laws to get your way: it makes you a gigantic piece of shit.

Like much of furry drama, ALL SIDES are WRONG

[Jim Demintia]

...created at a speed estimated at a minimum of five times faster than any professional programmer ought to go...I did not get to be valedictorian by cheating. I did not maintain a 4.0 GPA by using someone else’s work as a springboard. I did it by, quite literally, being the very best around.

I think IK has a competitor for King Ego Supreme. I stopped reading at that point, since it appeared to be an endless egowank.

So, either he just got kicked off the turnip truck with a diploma, and thus gets to find out that In The Real World, no one really cares that you were valedictorian, or he's been off the turnip truck for years, and all he has to show for it is his "glory days" in college.

What I wouldn't give to sit in on an interview for this guy.

Toumal does not strike me as naive. He's an asshole and a douchebag, but not naive. If this guy was actually employed by whatever LLC Toumal set up for SoFurry, gonna guess he signed at least a boilerplate agreement stating he didn't actually own copyrights to the stuff he was paid to develop. And even then, what precedent is there for that? I mean, seriously. This guy really sounds like he just hasn't been smacked back down to earth yet. It's a matter of time. Wish I could be there, because it's almost certainly gonna be super-entertaining.

And his Anthro Empire site is written using some no-name PHP template system. Only a furry.

[Conan]

I did not maintain a 4.0 GPA by using someone else’s work as a springboard. I did it by, quite literally, being the very best around.

And his Anthro Empire site is written using some no-name PHP template system.

The very best, guyz.

[Jim Demintia]

The funny thing about that? The very best, the "real" very best, almost always use others' work as a springboard. There's that cliche about "standing on the shoulders of giants". Only deluded half-wits who should have gone into casino real estate talk like this.

The funny thing about the very best is they know they're good and they never need to do this sort of grandstanding shit.

[Rawk]

To be fair, Toumal is also in massive-assbag territory here. Neither side of this is at all reasonable.

I don't look at who is what. I look at what they actually did in a certain situation, on a case-by-case basis.

Given the circumstances, DigitalMan is the one who initiated the problems.

Like much of furry drama, ALL SIDES are WRONG

In most cases, definitely. When it comes to pointless arguing over stupid shit, yep. Every side is wrong, but when someone comes along and files a DMCA complaint on the fictitious basis that they actually own something that other people worked on, then it's easier to see who's responsible for the drama.

[Pi]

To be fair, Toumal is also in massive-assbag territory here. Neither side of this is at all reasonable.

I don't look at who is what. I look at what they actually did in a certain situation, on a case-by-case basis.

Given the circumstances, DigitalMan is the one who initiated the problems.

Again, from an outside perspective (namely: mine), both cases fall into the same shitbin. "He started it" hardly counts in anyone's favor here. This guy's a toolshed for filing a DMCA and Toumal's a cock for acting how he did. Now get off my lawn.

[MazelTovCocktail]

...created at a speed estimated at a minimum of five times faster than any professional programmer ought to go...I did not get to be valedictorian by cheating. I did not maintain a 4.0 GPA by using someone else’s work as a springboard. I did it by, quite literally, being the very best around.

That also explains why he's never been laid.

Also, is it just me, or does giving in to a DMCA threat suggest a total lack of testicular fortitude? 

[saiwolf]

http://dejitarujin.tumblr.com/post/13151478516/mr-bad-guy

He's honestly astonished that everyone hates him now at SF. I am at a loss for words.

[Pi]

I'm more astonished that he's surprised that the DMCA didn't work.

Serves the assbag right for trying to even use it.

[Rawk]

http://dejitarujin.tumblr.com/post/13151478516/mr-bad-guy

He's honestly astonished that everyone hates him now at SF. I am at a loss for words.

Poor baby.

[MazelTovCocktail]

Arrogance and ignorance in equal measures. 

This guy's a winner.