Did speedcubedb close?

[cubenerd74]

Please elaborate why he would get threats because he is indian

2 words. America, racism.

 

[cubenerd74]

Yes, he does he could do anything he wants to Google he is the boss.

That is... just messed up. Don't have much to say. (Sorry for double posting I couldn't figure out how to add extra quotes.)

 

[JDAW6]

2 words. America, racism.

Ok, but why would someone?

That is... just messed up. Don't have much to say. (Sorry for double posting I couldn't figure out how to add extra quotes.)

umm... If he owns something he can do whatever he wants with it.

 

[Billabob]

Comparing speedcubedb to Google is absurd. They're not in similar situations at all lol, there are thousands of people employed at Google and it generates billions of dollars in revenue, whereas speedcubedb is a little website run by 1 person out of his own pocket.

I know you're 13 so you will grow out of this selfish mindset eventually. But it's not the end of the world if the site shuts down, it's just 1 passion project for a hobby and there are many others like it. Not worth being doxxed and having your life threatened over, then insulted by children on a forum when you decide it's too much stress to keep up

 

[cubenerd74]

Seriously, why doesn't anyone understand? It's so simple. All I am saying is that website owners shouldn't act like dictators.

 

[JDAW6]

Seriously, why doesn't anyone understand? It's so simple. All I am saying is that website owners shouldn't act like dictators.

How are they dictators? What people are they dictating over.

 

[cubenerd74]

How are they dictators? What people are they dictating over.

The users of the website.

 

[JDAW6]

The users of the website.

It is the choice of the user to come it would be a dictatorship if they couldn’t leave.

 

[Ayce]

Seriously, why doesn't anyone understand? It's so simple. All I am saying is that website owners shouldn't act like dictators.

You know you’ve gone off the deep end when you compare a web developer to a dictator.
Log off, please <3

 

[VincentCuber]

Please elaborate why he would get threats because he is Indian.

Because face it, the world is full of bad people and racist people.

 

[ProStar]

Interesting takes on the corporate structure of google and all are shockingly inaccurate

 

[ruffleduck]

Seriously, why doesn't anyone understand? It's so simple. All I am saying is that website owners shouldn't act like dictators.

You say it is "simple," but do you understand the simple concept of property rights? Gil has no legal obligation to keep speedcubedb up. Nor does he have an ethical obligation: he considers it a necessary means to "recover" his mental state, while at worst it is an inconvenience to cubers--there are plenty of alternatives. If anyone's being of the likes of a dictator, it would be those demanding he keep the website up. That being said--I think it is partially Gil's fault that the community has devolved into this state: had he not been so evidently vulnerable and comically reactive (I remember a particularly amusing time when he made all recon videos link to his video, but the titles did not change) the community would not have found it worthwhile to keep poking at the situation. Still, it is terrible and fully unjustified that it has escalated to a real-life danger scale.