u/Gullible_Mousse_4590 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Astroturfing. This is correct. And even if it was, the fact that you need to be told not to personally attack people in a public forum including speaking about staff members children is monstrous behaviour
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
With respect to the staff member referenced, I did not seek out any private or non-public information. While reviewing a Codesmith project for unrelated reasons, I observed the name of an adult child listed in the project materials, alongside a LinkedIn profile that was prominently linked.
In reviewing that publicly available LinkedIn and GitHub information, I noticed two discrepancies:
1. the individual’s listed professional experience appeared overstated relative to the timeline shown, and
2. the GitHub commit history associated with the account appeared to predate the creation date of the GitHub account itself.
Because the staff member in question serves as a career advisor, and because I was already in an ongoing email thread with Codesmith leadership on related matters, I raised these observations in that existing thread for review. I did not contact the individual directly, did not publicize the information, and did not pursue the matter further.
All information referenced was publicly available, and my communication was limited to internal channels with Codesmith leadership. On that basis, I do not understand how this conduct could reasonably be characterized as stalking.