u/Additional-Pilot6419 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
No this subreddit is perfectly fine without Michael's input. His actions over the years in a similar subreddit saw it fall into chaos and rampant bullying, he was then forced to leave the sub as MOD following an exposé into his actions.
u/michaelnovati replied · DELETED · archived copy · edited ★ FEATURED
1. The blog post was not based on fact, it was based on his opinions as a blogger. A reasonable person can see that he is a marketer/blogger and that was a blog post. It was not fact checked, the methodology is not specified, journalism ethics were not followed. **I have a direct email from Codesmith's CEO telling me that she doesn't consider my company a competitor.** But somehow that was left out of the "leaked emails" and only ones that make me look bad out of context were shared. I mentioned above but I can only discuss public info because of legal matters, so I can't comment more on this blog.
2. As I pointed out above, your sub has 6 moderators, 4 of which are banned accounts, and all of those accounts display patterns of inauthentic behaviors (such as phishing for karma in r/AskReddit and other large subs, etc..) and biased commentary.