It's not a matter of different standards, it's a matter of: if you can't lead active yc users, why would you be able to lead an influx of new reddit (or techcrunch or whatever) users?
rms for example is apologetic and offered to do what you wanted. a new user from reddit probably wouldn't do that. but despite this, you still lead in a way that alienates rms.
in my case, i haven't apologized or offered to change my behavior because you never notified me of doing something wrong or asked me to change any behavior. that's bad leadership too. if you want me to follow some rules you have to tell me.
I don't think he'd enjoy that email, so I haven't sent it. He chose not to contact me about this, presumably for a reason.
This, on the other hand, is a public thread where it's relevant to the topic in the parent comments. I haven't asked pg to read this thread, so it's not my problem if he chooses to.
PG: "Eventually the other users will get tired of you filling up the comment threads with your private beefs, and you'll stop."
Your reply: "in my case, i haven't apologized or offered to change my behavior because you never notified me of doing something wrong or asked me to change any behavior. that's bad leadership too. if you want me to follow some rules you have to tell me."
I think you should read more carefully, if that's not a notification of doing something wrong or asking you to change behavior I don't know what is.
Pretty ironic for you to say it's bad leadership for him not to do what he in fact just did...
