They are not. They were removed when I blocked him I think.
However, you can find deleted Tweets from many sites e.g. www.topsy.com
Nothing meaningful was deleted. I felt that Adam was trolling me. Then I started getting the similar treatment from one or two of his followers. So I blocked him and them.
I removed the block from him 24hrs later because I was still not sure where he was getting this nonsense from that I was threatening anyone with lawsuits. We concluded that exchanged yesterday.
Then today this article went up.
When I saw the very same image (now removed from Adam's Twitter feed btw - by him) in this article, I put two and two together and figured out what was going on.
Look, I'm not the poster boy for good online behavior, but it is clear to see what is happening here.
I will fight it to the very bitter end; regardless of the odds.
Everything that I posted in my response, is in the public domain. Including Adam's original Tweet.
I have not removed anything or manufactured anything.
Also, as soon as I saw your article this morning when it was sent to me by a colleague, I hailed you on Twitter to find out what this was about.
I asked for you to call me.
You opted for a Twitter and email exchange because you wanted it "on the record"
I obliged and sent you a lengthy email and which I cc'ed Adam on (the source of the screen shot you used in your piece) since he was the first person that I saw saying anything about me taking legal action against anyone.
When I sent you the mail this morning, even BEFORE I posted my comment, I asked you via Twitter DM if it was OK for me to post a comment here in my defense. You said yes, but didn't know what good that would do.
I also asked you if I should cc Mike on the email sent to you and Adam. You said that you would pass it along.
I then sent you the email.
I then posted my response here.
And now I am reading a comment from you indicating that I had somehow done something wrong?!?
The only thread in which someone threatened me with violation if I posted deleted posts/threads is here
I clearly indicated why I was considering do it. That being because some trolls had taken upon themselves to distort the facts and vilify me for deleting their offensive posts/threads and disrupting the forums. As if this was the ONLY onling gaming forum that this happens on.
I simply don't understand this.
Look, if you want to come after me, go ahead. I have no problems with that - and I don't care. I can take care of and protect myself.
But how and you come up with this stuff is completely inappropriate and uncalled for.
At which point do we just let people push us around? At which point do we hold accountable those who would seek to do us harm.
At which point do we stand up and defend ourselves? Especially when faced with this sort of "reporting".
I said one thing to you in my email of this morning, I will repeat it here seeing how you have sought to portray me here.
=== Listen, you don’t know anything about me. Everything that you do know about me – as seen in your article – came from posts, articles and the like, taken out of context, presented as facts etc. This is patently unfair and not un-biased reporting. But alas, outside of letting you know what is false and/or inaccurate, there is nothing that I can do.
There are hundreds of unflattering writings about me online, but you don’t see me going after the world, do you? No. I go after only the most egregious of offenders because that is my right.
All I ask is that you be fair and accurate. You can ridicule me, be mean to me, make fun of me etc. I can handle all of that. But if anyone defames, abuses, bullies or does anything akin to that, I will fight back - regardless of the price. Nothing about this has changed. And that was the point that I was making in the article that you excerpted in your piece.
There is nothing wrong with being human and doing the right thing. Think about it. ===
On the post: Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters
Re: Tweet Detweeted
However, you can find deleted Tweets from many sites e.g. www.topsy.com
Nothing meaningful was deleted. I felt that Adam was trolling me. Then I started getting the similar treatment from one or two of his followers. So I blocked him and them.
I removed the block from him 24hrs later because I was still not sure where he was getting this nonsense from that I was threatening anyone with lawsuits. We concluded that exchanged yesterday.
Then today this article went up.
When I saw the very same image (now removed from Adam's Twitter feed btw - by him) in this article, I put two and two together and figured out what was going on.
Look, I'm not the poster boy for good online behavior, but it is clear to see what is happening here.
I will fight it to the very bitter end; regardless of the odds.
On the post: Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters
Re: A case of a not so Smart ass
Everything that I posted in my response, is in the public domain. Including Adam's original Tweet.
I have not removed anything or manufactured anything.
Also, as soon as I saw your article this morning when it was sent to me by a colleague, I hailed you on Twitter to find out what this was about.
I asked for you to call me.
You opted for a Twitter and email exchange because you wanted it "on the record"
I obliged and sent you a lengthy email and which I cc'ed Adam on (the source of the screen shot you used in your piece) since he was the first person that I saw saying anything about me taking legal action against anyone.
When I sent you the mail this morning, even BEFORE I posted my comment, I asked you via Twitter DM if it was OK for me to post a comment here in my defense. You said yes, but didn't know what good that would do.
I also asked you if I should cc Mike on the email sent to you and Adam. You said that you would pass it along.
I then sent you the email.
I then posted my response here.
And now I am reading a comment from you indicating that I had somehow done something wrong?!?
The only thread in which someone threatened me with violation if I posted deleted posts/threads is here
http://steamcommunity.com/app/267220/discussions/0/558747922844651077/#c558747922881506787
I clearly indicated why I was considering do it. That being because some trolls had taken upon themselves to distort the facts and vilify me for deleting their offensive posts/threads and disrupting the forums. As if this was the ONLY onling gaming forum that this happens on.
I simply don't understand this.
Look, if you want to come after me, go ahead. I have no problems with that - and I don't care. I can take care of and protect myself.
But how and you come up with this stuff is completely inappropriate and uncalled for.
At which point do we just let people push us around? At which point do we hold accountable those who would seek to do us harm.
At which point do we stand up and defend ourselves? Especially when faced with this sort of "reporting".
I said one thing to you in my email of this morning, I will repeat it here seeing how you have sought to portray me here.
===
Listen, you don’t know anything about me. Everything that you do know about me – as seen in your article – came from posts, articles and the like, taken out of context, presented as facts etc. This is patently unfair and not un-biased reporting. But alas, outside of letting you know what is false and/or inaccurate, there is nothing that I can do.
There are hundreds of unflattering writings about me online, but you don’t see me going after the world, do you? No. I go after only the most egregious of offenders because that is my right.
All I ask is that you be fair and accurate. You can ridicule me, be mean to me, make fun of me etc. I can handle all of that. But if anyone defames, abuses, bullies or does anything akin to that, I will fight back - regardless of the price. Nothing about this has changed. And that was the point that I was making in the article that you excerpted in your piece.
There is nothing wrong with being human and doing the right thing. Think about it.
===
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