Talk:SodaHead.com

Orphan flag

I saw this article linked from MySpace. Does it still require the orphan flag?NCSS (talk) 23:27, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Tone

Esp. the third paragraph, with this talk about feeling passionately, is not neutral or encyclopedic, even though it has some references. Drmies (talk) 05:49, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I will work on it. NCSS (talk) 17:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I have done some work on it and feel it is more encyclopedic now. I will remove the flag. NCSS (talk) 18:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

So we agree all is good with flags down? Thanks, NCSS (talk) 23:44, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Abrupt termination of service

To whoever is watching this article and its talk page:

I, as a registered user of SodaHead, have a perspective on its shutdown.

At about 19:30 UTC (3:30 p.m. EDT), I was logged in and creating discussions, when I received a "happening," or a notice of a new discussion in the site's primary group for all users. That "discussion" contained the text in the e-mail the article references.

Within seconds of the appearance of that notice and my reading it, I found myself logged out. All attempts to log back in, failed.

I spent the better part of an hour learning the truth of the matter: that not only was I locked out; so was every other user (other than an editor or administrator, I presume).

The SodaHead group on Facebook has most of the discussion of the shutdown. The most charitable way to describe this group would be "a nest of angry hornets." It was positively the most abrupt and unprofessional shutdown of a service I have ever seen. It cut off relationships, since SodaHead was the only means of contact from some users to others. It would be as if the government abruptly terminated mail service in your country without offering a proper means for people to stay in contact.

Most stunningly, SodaHead administration did this totally without notice. A few seconds is not notice. The e-mail did not even hit my Inbox until after the lockout. I presume a lot of other users will see the notice, try to get in, fail, and assume – incorrectly – that the lockout is their fault for not heeding the warning. When in fact SodaHead gave no warning.

Rumors abound. The favorite rumor today is that SodaHead literally could not pay its bills from one second to the next. Other rumors suggest a program by the government of the United States to curtail excessive criticism of that government and of the incumbent President, Barack Obama. And at least one user, whom I shall not name here, informed several on another (closed) former users' group that he is reviewing the current body of Internet law with a view to taking a legal class action against SodaHead management for emotional distress incident upon the no-notice lockout and shutdown.

I offer this as a perspective I suspect most people will not have.--Temlakos (talk) 14:29, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

More news on the SodaHead lockout/shutdown: several users now report receiving their weekly new-activity alerts as if nothing had happened. And some users have begun to fear some persons unknown to them, who still have login privileges, are voting, answering, and "raving" in their names. This has renewed interest in the user who said he was consulting with an attorney with a view to legal action.--Temlakos (talk) 15:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Sodahead locked members out beginning the first week of June 2015 and they decided to go with pollware. Hundreds of members lost their profile pictures, while their posts remained online for Sodahead to use.

A new site has been created for Ex Sodaheads. www.Sodahead.yooco.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.4.151.173 (talk) 14:21, 9 June 2015 (UTC)