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by sillysaurus3 3092 days ago
I didn't mean to be misleading. You're right – when I doxxed myself and I emailed you about it, you took care of it instantly. Thank you for that.

I meant, your time is finite, and you can't possibly respond to every email. It's not a slight against you. It's just a scaling problem. But yes, "if they don't feel like it, they won't respond" was a poor choice of words.

This is a bit of a tricky comment, since you've kind of forced me to say something, or to stay silent and accept your slight. But it's already a meta-thread, so maybe there's no harm.

It's a bit strange to drop some hints that my words shouldn't be taken at face value. I'll just note that (a) those you deem unworthy of a response have no idea why, and (b) the timespan we're talking about is either 1 month or 1 week, depending on how you want to look at the situation. Waiting a full week for a response to something that's been happening for a month seems pretty fair, no? I don't expect you to respond to every email, nor respond very often.

Lastly, the only reason I pasted those emails was to represent you accurately. You've often complained that people misrepresent your actions or act in bad faith, and I've seen this firsthand. I didn't want to do that to you in a public complaint. It was a gesture of goodwill, not malicious, though I see it could be taken the other way.

There's more that could be said, but trust me when I say I don't mean to be a thorn in your side.

Best.

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Anecdotal, but the mods have always replied to my emails and usually within a few hours. Suggesting they take weeks to reply or deem some users "unworthy" of a reply is more conspiracy theory than reality. If you had specific instances in mind while typing your comment, contact the mods over email, there's usually a reasonable explanation which is not "we didn't feel like replying" or "you're not worthy of a reply".