Admin Abuse
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 6:49 am
I was asked by "Super Admin" to post the following message which was originally an email sent to admin:
Dear opensubtitles,
I have used opensubtitles for years. Primarily because IMHO it was the
best source on the net.
It took me a couple of years but eventually I started using the Beta
version, which is even better than the original.
Recently, I've been downloading subs for "The Wire" and I found them to be
LOADED with spelling errors. It became obvious to me there are non-black people giving their false interpretation of what
black people are saying.
Having to spellcheck episode after episode became so annoying, I started critiquing any sub I downloaded that contained spelling
errors. Eventually I realized that instead of deleting the subs I corrected for myself, I could upload them for others to use.
Imagine my surprise when the very first sub I uploaded was disabled by someone calling themselves "mr******s." The most distressing part is NO REASON was given for such an impetuous move. THEN when I protested, my status was changed to "read only" by - guess who - the same mr******s.
Unfortunately, this experience has revealed your org is biased. No one should have the ability to unilaterally define the status of a contributor's works or their status on the org. Especially no RACIST WHITE PERSON should have the ability to mess with BLACK people. And I say mr******s is a racist because only a racist would believe their version of black street slang is better than the real thing.
For example:
Pretty much ALL versions of The Wire subs refer to D'Angelo Barksdale as
"Dee". WELL THAT'S WRONG. His name gives it away. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS LOOK. The correct version is "D".
POINT IS: It's obvious to the trained eye mr******s is NOT black by the consistent pattern of colloquial errors.
I'm SHOCKED to learn that, after all of these years of using opensubtitles, some of the people behind the scenes have turned out to be abusive racists.
Now I have to concede that I was pissed off when I saw the sub was disabled and called mr******s an "A-Hole."
But then he referred to me as "the weakest link." Think about it, pals.
In context, that's a definitively RACIST thing to say.
And yet I'M THE ONE who got demoted to "READ ONLY" STATUS
????????
For the most part, your website (especially the Beta version) is the best.
But NO ONE should be allowed to play Adolf Hitler and unilaterally disable subs
without giving a specific, concrete reason. NOR should any one person be
allowed to change the status of another on the website without at least THREE people
voting for that change. It's just WAY TOO MUCH power to place into the hands of one person.
And in this case, IMHO, that power has been abused.
Comments?
Warin West-El
Dear opensubtitles,
I have used opensubtitles for years. Primarily because IMHO it was the
best source on the net.
It took me a couple of years but eventually I started using the Beta
version, which is even better than the original.
Recently, I've been downloading subs for "The Wire" and I found them to be
LOADED with spelling errors. It became obvious to me there are non-black people giving their false interpretation of what
black people are saying.
Having to spellcheck episode after episode became so annoying, I started critiquing any sub I downloaded that contained spelling
errors. Eventually I realized that instead of deleting the subs I corrected for myself, I could upload them for others to use.
Imagine my surprise when the very first sub I uploaded was disabled by someone calling themselves "mr******s." The most distressing part is NO REASON was given for such an impetuous move. THEN when I protested, my status was changed to "read only" by - guess who - the same mr******s.
Unfortunately, this experience has revealed your org is biased. No one should have the ability to unilaterally define the status of a contributor's works or their status on the org. Especially no RACIST WHITE PERSON should have the ability to mess with BLACK people. And I say mr******s is a racist because only a racist would believe their version of black street slang is better than the real thing.
For example:
Pretty much ALL versions of The Wire subs refer to D'Angelo Barksdale as
"Dee". WELL THAT'S WRONG. His name gives it away. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS LOOK. The correct version is "D".
POINT IS: It's obvious to the trained eye mr******s is NOT black by the consistent pattern of colloquial errors.
I'm SHOCKED to learn that, after all of these years of using opensubtitles, some of the people behind the scenes have turned out to be abusive racists.
Now I have to concede that I was pissed off when I saw the sub was disabled and called mr******s an "A-Hole."
But then he referred to me as "the weakest link." Think about it, pals.
In context, that's a definitively RACIST thing to say.
And yet I'M THE ONE who got demoted to "READ ONLY" STATUS
????????
For the most part, your website (especially the Beta version) is the best.
But NO ONE should be allowed to play Adolf Hitler and unilaterally disable subs
without giving a specific, concrete reason. NOR should any one person be
allowed to change the status of another on the website without at least THREE people
voting for that change. It's just WAY TOO MUCH power to place into the hands of one person.
And in this case, IMHO, that power has been abused.
Comments?
Warin West-El