First, thank you to all the mods for the time spent here helping people over the years.
Most people don't do that and you deserve all respect for that.
I was following the megathread.
I agree with most of the criticisms about the previous Rule 14 which was supposed to help, but at this moment it wouldn't at all. (IMHO)
At the same time, I'd like to ask the community to stop attacking mods, because it can also backfire as it did.
They all spend their free time here while most just come as a passenger.
I am one of those passengers seeing the airplane falling, the pilot intentionally bringing all of us down and the crew trying to calm people down, even knowing the only one capable of changing how bad things are is the pilot, and he refuses to do so.
The crew, I mean, the Mods, are not the ones to be attacked even if they have financial reasons to protect Matt.
Maybe, just maybe, they are also thinking about their livelihoods, just like the rest of us.
People blame Otto for working at a company related to Matt, well, if we all work with WP, we all do, we just stand for different reasons
Most people don't care about how much time he spent of his life on WP.
And please, be kind to read this as another user because I'm not even defending him, I'm saying to put emotions aside and think rationality.
Try to calm down, we are in the same storm and if the mods don't do their job (that most of us don't have the time to do) we will become another shit forum.
Again, the mega thread was a great source of facts, and I mean it. It was well organized and clearly u/bluesix did an awesome job gathering each fact as they were unfolding and adding on a single place so we could have it all.
u/summerchilde I understand when you tried with u/bluesix to implement Rule 14.
That was just not a good moment because hundreds wanted a voice and you redirected them to a single scope.
I see the goal, but I can also disagree with Rule 14, and only Rule 14.
About Otto.
He knew he was wrong and I'd like to question you all: how many of you have to read so much shit about you and would keep yourself quiet?
I wouldn't, I couldn't. I would probably act like Otto did because I am human, I have feelings and emotions and after the dust settles I would be able to revisit that moment with clear thoughts and think "yep, I overreacted…I need to say sorry"
To the community: That's why we have more than one Mod, so no one can do things arbitrarily and things stay like that. That's why Sonic was banned, and also that's why he was unbanned after people spoke out about this.
Because the Mods understood that the action of ONE was not the consensus of ALL.
So, please, as another human being trying to get over this taking as little damage as possible, stop attacking each other.
And if you do it at any time, please, take a day to think about it, about your life, about the hostility we create with all of this, and tell yourself if your hostility is making this better or worse.
I know you can find the right answer.
Well, most of you don't trust Otto and I understand that feeling.
But I would like to ask everyone to think of him as a person and that he said sorry, something Matt hasn't done yet to the community.
When you stop thinking about the nicknames here as real-life people you stop being rational and this leads nowhere safe.
Otto could be gone and another Mod could join.
- A mod with an alias.
- A mod we wouldn't know of.
- A mod that could still be Otto.
But you would stop thinking about him because you let your rage blur your vision.
That would be even more dangerous to the community.
Last words to the community:
Please, be kind, there's no good outcome from intolerance.
We need the mods, especially now.
Last words to the mods:
Please, stay strong. I hope people can see your hard work here. You could be spending your time with family, friends, or work, instead you are here. Thank you for that.
To everyone: we all make mistakes, Matt made a big one in MY opinion because I know some people don't agree with me and that's fine.
I just hope we don't start fighting each other in a battle none of us wanted to be in.
If you are losing money, I feel for you.
If you lost your job, I feel for you.
If you are so angry that you can't calm your heart, I feel for you.
It's not our fault, but it's our responsibility to find a way out, not to dig deeper in.
All the best to everyone.
Peace 🫶🏼