Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
Do you think that the presence of a baying mob materially affected the outcome? I don't.
Guy (JzG)
I do, although I'd compare this to a large peaceful protest rather than to a violent riot that your "baying mob" characterization makes this out to be. Oh, I love how semantics can so easily twist a situation... Those who were incivil throughout this were wrong, but the rest were more than entitled to voicing their opinions and probably had some effect on the change in Jimbo's position and/or, perhaps, Essjay's imminent resignations. The large number of established users denouncing Essjay's actions (as evidenced through the RfC and other media) certainly had to mean something.
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