[junon]

But the thing is... he claims he's never posted there. So how did they catch wind of him even existing?

It doesn't make any sense to me. Of course what they're saying in those threads is inexcusible but I don't think cookieengineer is giving the full truth either.

[errantspark]

/g/ has it's pulse on the happenings in the tech world just as much as hn. I'm sure they knew about the Audacity situation because it's interesting stuff. From my PoV the "4chan raided a naming poll and then got mad when their polling was overridden" story checks out 100%.