u/hello-codesmith wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Codesmith hasn’t paid, commissioned, or influenced the author in any way. He’s been writing independently about moderation on Reddit since early 2024, which you can verify through his own blogging history. The claim that this piece was paid for by Codesmith is incorrect.
u/michaelnovati replied ·
how did he get those emails then? he sure didn't ask me for the evidence that you paid some guy to post things on Reddit and that the person you paid was a scammer with dozens of accounts