Kleetus: Because some people, especially one particular member, detest Alaric because of JerkMuter.
This one particular member also has a few chat buddies who tacitly support him.
Alaric.us: It's several people who are being horribly, over the top abusive to everyone who disagrees with them. This is why all those who support me in chat are not too eager to voice their support publicly. They simply don't want to put up with foul-mouthed abuse. And I fully approve of their decision to keep quiet. Just look at how Crewdroog got treated.
i.imgur.com/epybhhS.png This is for suggesting that maybe deleting threads is not altogether a good idea. And it's coming from ostensibly a friend. Who will probably later say sorry and be surprised that "sorry" doesn't magically make everything you did go away.
I was actually a bit surprised the way Crewdroog was answered to. It was the first post I saw from him/her, and I thought it was rather thought out, well written observation.
Of course just my opinion and I don't know what has happened in the past, so I can't say one way or another about those times.
Honestly, though, as long as people keep it civil with me, I have no reason ignore/dismiss others' opinions/thoughts about the matter I'm even mildly interested in. I also don't want to get in the middle of a flame war, so I 100% understand why people wouldn't want to talk in public, as even I already wonder if I should take part of this all.
Kleetus, I can't say much about it but I read about the JerkMuter and at times it does look rather, tempting if negativity picks up. Unless I'll just completely stick with pure gaming threads only outside the
general. I gotta say, your avatar for some reason makes me happy, it's perfect for Christmas.