Oh boy....
There was and is a point to the thread. The staff wanted to make their position clear and explain their stance on the way they believe to best run the community. They also allowed the most passionate of us to share our opinions in a thread just to show how hard and divisive of an issue this really is.
Sharing, reporting on, and/or allowing the discussion of anything DOES NOT mean it is or is not supported. NBC covering a kkk rally or a terrorist bombing in a city does not mean they agree with it. There’s no need to try to twist words into other meanings rather than the intent. And while they don’t speak on how they each feel individually, apart from their duties, I would bet they feel disgusted when someone takes advantage of the system to cover their egregious behavior. I know I have in this thread.
It’s not hiding behind “technicalities” when they admit they honestly can’t be sure they are making the right call when cases of ip and a designer’s rights come into issue between members.
I do however, agree letting that “creator” ironically call someone a troll was letting him slide. Even though the accused had displayed that behavior in the past, it isn’t fair to only have made one side treat the other civilly. Of course that whole page of posts in that thread went downhill with both parties til the mods had to intervene... yet again.
I’ve only been around a couple of years, first a lurker and later to a member. I remember seeing a couple of spats, admittedly not to this level of passion or to the degree of anger. And also for having such a strong reason to be. But the community went on, its grown, and yes it has gotten better. I believe it will with this instance as well.
