Checking in here.
I'm checking in and can see that this thread has now been fully derailed by wild speculation, dishonesty and online drama. It also seems a few are now resorting to personal attacks and odd discussions about others' height or gender. I hope that we will all eventually grow beyond this level of discourse.
For those with legitimate questions regarding the attack against Epik and its users -- 99% of which are average, ordinary individuals -- we will have more updates on what has been done to secure our systems, as well as some exciting news of future developments in the near future. Stay tuned.
As for the reference to harassment towards Molly, I have never personally engaged in any such thing, nor do I condone harassment by proxy. In general, if I have an issue with someone, I am very comfortable to engage in dialog in good faith, preferably in private but sometimes in the open.
As for our acquisition strategy, Epik is a digital empowerment company. We have completed about a dozen acquisitions in the last 3 years. It is not part of our core mission to become a media company, e.g. social media or otherwise. We provide domains, hosting and tools for building digital enterprises.
Our criteria for content is that it should be lawful, it should edify in the aggregate, and the people who run them should be a force for good. We have a capable abuse team that reviews abuse cases 7 days a week In cases where we do choose to part ways with a client we try to do it responsibly.
If someone has some specific concern about some client's content that they deem to be outside of TOS, they should feel free to report it to
[email protected]. A new abuse ticket management system is coming online shortly, developed at Epik, and will make this process as painless as ever.
