they didn't break the rules until you banned them for no good reason. We've seen their side of the argument now, at it seems clear that a simple misunderstanding blew up into ridiculous overreach. You claim they put their site back on s/all repeatedly after you told them not to. they say the did it before you spoke to them about it, as an innocent act of confusion.

I'm betting other people were involved in this, talking to you and feeding you bad information. If i'm wrong, tell me.

maybe you could try getting off your high horse and backing down. Do you want to be the authoritarian dictator, crushing the site in your grip, or do you want your creation to run free?

What's the point of having rules if we just let people ignore them whenever they like?

I agree, rules are good. but when you go full fascist on people when there was confusion, maybe there was a miscarriage of justice. I know Chipit is feeding nonsense about coordinated state attacks, but its daft as anything. I don't know why they are fighting so hard, but my experience is that saidit was the last best place left on the internet. Maybe they had a dream, too.