auriali @auriali

Hoping this to be the last post I make about Blaze. Simply put, it has gone too far and I want to put this to bed.

To be clear, yes, Blaze is flawed in many ways. Being a Wix site means a lack of control over what data the website collects and how it’s used. The privacy policy leaves a lot to be desired. The marketing of the site is poor, tone-deaf at points and possibly AI generated. Yes, the logo is stolen (see my previous post). Support is non-existent. The site doesn’t use end-to-end encryption.

However, that does not justify what has happened over the last few days. Spamming and attacking the site to take it down is bullying. Even worse is how a lot of the conversation has shifted from trying to point out problems and light-hearted memes to just being mean. From what I can gleam, the owner of Blaze isn’t the greatest person, sure. But that doesn’t justify being rude back. Be better than that. We as a community need to be able to recognise when to apply the brakes to stop people getting hurt or upset. I hope we all want wasteof to feel inviting to everyone so it can grow. This doesn’t just apply to Blaze, but to a lot of the recent conversations I’ve watched spiral into full-blown arguments. Not discounting myself here, I’ve felt frustrated with myself over how I spoke regarding Blaze. If I knew my post about their logo would cause such a stir, I probably wouldn’t have posted it, same with that meme I posted on TNC.

That’s most of what I have to say, back to goofiness.

Feb 13, 2024, 7:57 PM
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Sorry for the super late response, but thank you for your kind words! I’m glad we can all come on this post and talk like adults. I appreciate all the feedback you have given me. Hopefully, Operation Volcano becomes a success when the operation concludes. The best has yet to come for us as a community on wasteof and on Blaze. Thank you. ❤

No problem. Wishing you luck on that.

thanks for this :) a great take as always

i’ve never seen any posts advocating for spamming blaze or being a bellend to kyle. yeah, it would be bad if it happened, but i’ve never seen it (maybe moderation are great at cleaning it up?)

if you have been on it within the past few days (this weekend) you would have seen it

on what, blaze? no, i never created an account. i opened the home page a couple of times before adding the ip logger blocking script.

on the wasteof discord someone spammed the site enough for it to crash for a few minutes

i didn’t even know wix sites could crash i thought they’d just ip ban you

that was my thought too, but apparently the site crashed, plus they also got the chat thing to go down for about 30+ mins

I’ve been feeling the same way, I don’t know what’s been happening recently on here. Something shifted in the environment of the site.

i think its more to do with the fact blaze is an easy target, they don’t market well, they don’t help themselves a lot of the time, but that doesn’t justify all the more over the top stuff

Also, I’m aware Blaze is possibly working on an open-source project of some kind. I hope it goes well.