u/WagonBashers wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Thanks for sharing. And people wonder why there is a degree of ill-feeling against bootcamps and the industry here... I put [this](https://lewagonfiles.substack.com/p/how-course-report-et-al-manipulate) together previously re: how reviews get displayed/hidden, but wasn't aware
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
I mean facts are facts, and upvoting and downvoting doesn't change them. People can follow me and downvote all my comments, doesn't make then false.
People in the bootcamp industry need honesty and transparency. They do not need the next level of manipulation: using transparency as a marketing tool, they need straight up open communication from the source.
This Codesmith AMA blog is no where near open communication from the source and no one is engaging in tough questions. The moderator told me not to reply to anything.
Nothing is perfect but if Codesmith doesn't confront it's imperfections it's going to fall apart, they seem to be intentionally spewing out user and student information, source code, and content all over the place and are upset AT ME for reading it and make me out to be some creepy person spying on them. They need to get their stuff together instead of putting lipstick on a pig.
This might not be a nice thing to say, but it's true, and it's embarrassing for the "leaders of the industry" to be supporting all of the great things Codesmith stuff but making false statements about me and my intention and my character for mentioning any of these problems.