I don't feel Richard Lewis should be the one to elucidate this subject considering his position right now.
[1:47:49 PM] Richard Lewis: Really?
[1:48:00 PM] Sefam: Yea, have a problem with my position?
[1:48:09 PM] Richard Lewis: I don't understand it
[1:48:15 PM] Richard Lewis: what's wrong with my position?
[1:49:27 PM] Sefam: You have put yourself in a situation where people are literally taking a piss out of your articles. Either because of things that you did or that you said. And it's not even the mods spinning something here, they don't even need to spin it.
[1:49:55 PM] Richard Lewis: So you don't think there's anything damning in the article?
[1:51:28 PM] Sefam: Yes, there is, but considering how you've posted the NDA article and how folks have posted things that downright discredit you, a lot of people won't take it seriously.
[1:51:42 PM] Richard Lewis: What was wrong with the NDA article?
[1:54:17 PM] Sefam: It came off as this weird piece where it seemed like you had a massive interest in partaking in bashing the people you're trying to make a point about. And the issue presented in the article wasn't large enough to circumvent that.
[1:54:46 PM] Sefam: If esex makes a parody article about you, you know you've screwed up somewhere.
[1:55:53 PM] Richard Lewis: Did you actually read it?
[1:55:57 PM] Richard Lewis: the NDA article
[1:56:04 PM] Richard Lewis: It's the least inflammatory thing I've ever written
[1:56:07 PM] Richard Lewis: no inferences
[1:56:08 PM] Richard Lewis: no drama
[1:56:11 PM] Richard Lewis: just facts
[2:01:46 PM] Richard Lewis: And let's not forget biggest source of revenue for ESEX? Reddit traffic
[2:01:53 PM] Richard Lewis: Obviously they pander to the mob
[2:01:59 PM] Richard Lewis: It's my second or third time on there
[2:02:35 PM] Sefam: But you are coming off this slant where it looks like you're trying to attack people. The effectiveness of your articles is greatly dampered by your personal capital invested in this issue.
[2:02:53 PM] Sefam: dampened
[2:02:53 PM] Richard Lewis: Who is attacking anyone
[2:02:54 PM] Sefam: I'm terrible
[2:03:01 PM] Richard Lewis: Shit, the mods have attacked me
[2:03:05 PM] Richard Lewis: Since investigating this
[2:03:08 PM] Richard Lewis: for a month
[2:03:14 PM] Richard Lewis: I've been banned twice
[2:03:20 PM] Richard Lewis: Had content removed
[2:03:25 PM] Richard Lewis: trolls have just been let loose on me
[2:03:30 PM] Richard Lewis: they've allowed and encouraged a witch hunt
[2:03:33 PM] Richard Lewis: when I continued
[2:03:38 PM] Richard Lewis: they started saying I was doxxing them
[2:03:45 PM] Richard Lewis: Looking up their names is not doxxing
[2:03:54 PM] Richard Lewis: then they co-ordinated with Riot on how to address this
[2:04:01 PM] Richard Lewis: and now I'm IP banned with no message from Reddit
[2:04:05 PM] Richard Lewis: But I'm the attacker?
[2:06:34 PM] Sefam: The stuff that they posted definitely doesn't look cheery either. I mean. Jeez.
[2:08:52 PM] Sefam: I seriously think you should have gotten someone else to cover this. Because it looks like it comes attached with a vendetta. They're not two things you can disassociate.
[2:09:05 PM] Richard Lewis: Sadly no one had the level of access I did
[2:09:14 PM] Richard Lewis: That's the story of my career really
[2:09:33 PM] Richard Lewis: If anyone else did these type of pieces then it wouldn't always be me in the shitstorm
[2:09:39 PM] Richard Lewis: Anyway, I'm too mentally exhausted to argue
[2:09:56 PM] Richard Lewis: I respect your position, just didn't think you'd publicly throw me under the bus after I've tried to support your content