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Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by stavros on Friday October 24, 2025 @09:59PM (#45700819)
Well, given that they had to discuss among themselves whether the question was relevant or not, I'll guess that it wasn't a well-known issue.

Even if it were, I wouldn't ban people for a year in my community, I'd simply have an "RTFM" bot response.

Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by GaryBluto on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:11PM (#45700869)
You were not worthy of consorting with the council of wizards.

In all seriousness though, I didn't need to search too hard to find numerous other testimonies of the project author acting neurotically. I'm not sure you missed out on much. Someone on Reddit mentioned being banned after joining the Telegram group for a similar question only a week ago.

Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by stavros on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:46PM (#45701004)
Yeah, it seems that way. Ah well, it's his project, I see the ban as saving me time and aggravation.
Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by charcircuit on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:52PM (#45701026)
>Valetudo is not a community

>Contrary to common expectations when it comes to software released under a FOSS-like license, Valetudo is not a community-driven project; nor does it even have a community in that sense.

How can someone ban someone from a community if it doesn't have one.

Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by stavros on Friday October 24, 2025 @10:54PM (#45701031)
Saying it doesn't have a community doesn't magically make it true. There are people in that Telegram channel who talk to each other about the software, which is what a community is.
Re:Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling lo... by Raptor75 on Sunday October 26, 2025 @05:46AM (#45710428)
funny thing, there was a bot with ready responses, created by a member of the community, and there was an RTFM bot response.

guess what, eventually the member got banned and the bot got thrown out the window.

also Hypfer likes to diss the bot, but him and his sycophants stillr egularly link to its responses. Hilarious!