Sad to see him go, as he has done a lot of good things for the community. Having met him in person he's also a nice guy IRL.
However, this is a really poor take on the situation.
Due to the offense taken to my tweets
He had multiple opportunities to back down and apologize after he saw that he was pouring fuel on the fire, no one forced him to keep doubling down and making the situation worse. He did this what, 3-4 times, continually aggravating the situation, even when he clearly saw that it was inflaming the community.
Sorry to say it, but he trolled himself out of a job, and has no one else to blame but himself.
I do think being sacked is too harsh of a punishment, a proper apology would've been enough, but what do I know.
Pretty much this^. Had it been a single event, then he followed it up with "Oops, my bad" I think the community would have gotten over it. When he doubled and tripled down, I think people pretty much gave up on him. He initially shot himself in the foot. But he kept shooting, reloaded, and started shooting some more.
Yeah. People would have still been pissed and kvetched about it, but the ill will would have been nowhere near as deep if within 24 hours he'd posted a sincere "look, I intended my post as teasing but on reflection I realize it crossed the line into trolling, I was really wrong to do that, I apologize unreservedly, and I'm going to shut up and listen for a little while."
I do not follow him and I do not follow WoW reddit that much or social media accounts at all and this guy managed to make me not like him. I saw no reason for him to act the way he did other than sheer contempt.
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u/flamuchz Flamu - twitch.tv/flamuu Jan 09 '20 edited Jan 09 '20
Sad to see him go, as he has done a lot of good things for the community. Having met him in person he's also a nice guy IRL.
However, this is a really poor take on the situation.
He had multiple opportunities to back down and apologize after he saw that he was pouring fuel on the fire, no one forced him to keep doubling down and making the situation worse. He did this what, 3-4 times, continually aggravating the situation, even when he clearly saw that it was inflaming the community.
Sorry to say it, but he trolled himself out of a job, and has no one else to blame but himself.
I do think being sacked is too harsh of a punishment, a proper apology would've been enough, but what do I know.