u/Status-Remove559 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I dunno about you, but the moderator of this sub u/michaelnovati has been running a sustained campaign of harassment in Codesmith spaces (he's a competitor with too much time on his hands). I heard that he showed up and zoombombed an event recently and was asked, understandably,
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I attended an event recently and this is what I said in the chat throughout the entire event.
1. Early in Will was talking about one of my long time friends as the "founder" of React and "co-founder of Vercel". Maybe I misheard but I said in the chat that I know that person well and he doesn't call himself the founder of React and co-founder of Vercel.
Will responded to that with 'Tom said gest things about you, that you were one of the best engineers ever at Facebook'
2. Will suggested someone talk to a specific alumni and I said how awesome that alumni is.
3. Will mentioned the B1M YouTube channel and I said how awesome that channel is.
Then suddenly I got an email saying I was permanently banned from Codesmith's subreddit.
4. I commented that I was just banned from their subreddit and won't be able to participate in the AMA after. Their was no response.
5. Shortly after Will was presenting six alumni outcomes and one of them is no longer at the company stated as a week earlier on LinkedIn. I commented saying 'that person is no longer at that company as of a week or two ago, about six months from starting'
Will paused and yelled at me for 3 minutes straight (I have a recording and timed it) about how only positive and earnest discussion is allowed and how I've singlehandedly undermined their community that they spent 9 years building, and it was unacceptable to do so.
The next day I received an email to my work email (all of my Codesmith activity is under my personal one other than their Slack) and was banned from CSX Slack, and all future Codesmith events.
I have fully respected that ban by not entering Slack and not attending any events (other than watching YouTube recordings that are published for some).
They banned me and I respected it.