u/Deep-Mouse3775 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
You appear recently to have called out accounts you beleive were made just to boost Codesmith. Yet you take no action against accounts made purely to attack Codesmith, this shows you are not a Mod with integrity, but instead use your position to faciliate this sub's (and your) ob
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Thought experiment.
So if we take it as fact that the Codesmith mods are banning people from their sub that have never interacted there. So far this is just a conjecture from the OP that I haven't seen evidence for, so I talked to OP privately about it and I feel it's likely true, but with the door open for someone to disprove it. For example if the Codesmith mods came to me and said they have never banned someone who hasn't posted something violating their rules in their sub then I might have to take action if it at my discretion that is more credible.
Now let's I really actually hated Codesmith, and wanted to attack them.
Why wouldn't I do the same? Why not just ban you all, delete all your comments. Wipe every positive trace of Codesmith on here. I'm responsive all the time, I could easily act on things super quickly and no one would see anything.
That's what I've personally experienced in that sub myself, comments deleted and people banned for questioning anything.
Why don't I do the same here?
If you think I'm bad intentioned, at least give me the credit to expect me to be the highest performing best bad person who really does the best job imaginable at taking Codesmith down.
What I do is not that. It's reasonable rational discussion.
Show me the harassment. Who have I harassed on a daily basis? Where is the proof that I'm aware of someone of home I'm bothering and intentionally trying to bother them?
Here's an example of harassment.... me telling someone they are saying something false about my company portrayed as fact and that it's bothering me and the person repeatedly saying that thing.
While no one from Codesmith has engaged with me directly on Reddit, I have had a few constructive back and forth emails with Eric Kirsten and it wasn't mentioned once that he or Codesmith felt I was harassing them.