Originally Posted by
borg
Unfortunately, it does. We live in a world where there are reviews of your work (or your behavior) are on the internet. What Ive seen is that your banned from SCR (a reef forum local to you), the thread about a vendor here, your banter with posters on SCR. Yes, unfortunately that does sway my opinion of supporting an event promoted by you.
Heres an analogy that I can think of. Think of any product that you want to purchase online. I will read the reviews if the product is great, customer service is great, any information i can get from it. I also look at the dates on those reviews. If negative reviews were written years ago and have improved then im more likely to buy that product. If the negative reviews were written more recently, then ill generally stay away. Same with other services (restaurants, stores, etc).
I apologize if youre insulted, but just because youve done 10-years of volunteer effort doesnt mean you have the right to be rude to people.
I likely wont change the way you feel which is fine. However, Im telling you that you can actually change the way I feel.