Rob, October 4, 2021, at 2:45 AM EDT
Subject: Derek
Hi Paul,
For the record, I barely know Derek. I have very rarely interacted with him since 2018 when he tried very hard to convince me that Gab should be put down. I ultimately concluded differently in part I because I found his testimony to be questionable.
At this point, I have no idea why he is obsessed with me, nor DNPlaybook who seems to work from the same script. What is the purpose of letting these nonsense-spouters persist on NP?
Thanks
Rob
Paul, October 4, 2021, at 8:50 AM EDT:
Derek was restricted for unprofessional behavior in that thread on September 29. The post was allowed to remain in the interest of transparency, but I made a public post at the time condemning it. After a conversation with Derek in which he expressed he would make an effort to improve, as well as a series of posts indicating he was able to keep the vague accusations at bay, the restriction was removed. I haven't personally reviewed most of the posts he made over the weekend.
To answer your question, it's difficult to guide people away from uninformed speculation and assumptions. When we outright delete content, there is a cost: people tend to double-down on their opinions, cry censorship, and refuse to take in new information that may conflict with their existing opinions. That isn't conducive to a healthy, open-minded discussion and just results in furthering hatred and division. That cost has to be weighed with the impact of keeping the post up but publicly explaining the faults in reasoning or why it's inappropriate for NamePros. If it's going to result in an immediate flame war, it may need to be removed despite that cost.
That being said, if an individual's posts are professional and don't violate our rules, they're probably not going to be removed or condemned even if they don't make much sense. Censorship doesn't really seem to work well when it comes to dispelling rumors.
Rob, October 4, 2021 at 9:06 PM EDT:
If you are comfortable with his contributions to that cesspool thread, so be it. So we have an understanding, the content is now all being backed up continuously.
From my periodic review of what is there, I am pretty sure it is a TOS violation:
https://www.namepros.com/help/terms
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The level of defamation in that thread that is being permitted is absurd.
I was just making sure that you were comfortable with the posts from someone who apparently has no other reason to be on NP other than to defame Epik and Rob Monster. It is no wonder that his startups all fail, but that’s a different matter!
Regards,
Rob
Paul, October 5, 2021 at 8:11 AM EDT:
I am not comfortable at all with much of the content posted to that thread and do not endorse it. That does not mean it will be removed.
If you have specific, actionable objections to pieces of content, you may present them; thus far, however, you have not done that. Your objections have been vague and directed at individuals.