I didn't see whatever all the hubbub is about. I logged off one day, and the next was met with a white page that stated, simply, "I'm fixing GAF." Odd, but who knows what happens with websites, it could have been a hack or anything. Then it was a down for maintenance message. Alright, things should be back to normal soon.
The site comes back up, and suddenly everyone hates Evilore and no one can say why. So I did some Googling as you do, and saw that all this is based on little more than a post on Facebook. A deleted post on Facebook at that.
I've seen nothing about charges being filed. Nothing about an arrest. No trial. No evidence. Just gossip.
It's been apparent for years that the orthodoxy on GAF takes a closed minded, almost belligerent approach to social ills, with a nasty streak of "guilty until proven innocent" rhetoric. (Unless you're Amir0x duping the community into giving you drug money, apparently that's cool with a lot of people on here.) Still, I never expected to see such upheaval over an unproven accusation. I've seen some of my favorite posters here say they will never post of GAF again because of this.
I can't quite say I'm sad to see the community here disintegrating, it is just an internet message board after all. But I do wish that a group that so constantly touts its self as reasonable, broadminded and forward thinking would take a step back and look at the situation from all sides. As it stands, I see an incredible set of knee jerk reactions leading to a community tearing its self apart.
And this isn't to say that I don't understand the reaction. The accusation, as unconvincing as a random Facebook post may be, is worrying, and the reaction to it reaching the community gives me pause. But why are so many here letting the first word be the last word? This story isn't finished, the definitive narrative hasn't been established. With the nature of this whole thing being what it is, I wouldn't be surprised if the parties involved tried to keep the next steps private, either.
