Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-32988707-20180128173444/@comment-5051846-20180206002800

2601:601:1580:5DF1:BDB6:7FAA:78E3:3514 wrote: Seem my initial sentence was cut off because of some text limit, but I wanted to say that I want you all to critically think about what has happening to the developers to the point where this tweet in question was being called out.

All this drama over a tweet was then revealed to be a ironic joke response from the announcer's twitter to some spam advertisement from more than two years ago but whoever posted it on VO posted it without any context and went directly to accusing them of being. Without, any images or links to the tweet which would have shown that this was an ironic joke. If this isn't actively trying to start a shitstorm of drama, and harassing a dev, I don't know what is. Luan and Lucia was treated the same way by VO, except this time it was in response that Giuseppe said directly them, which drove that dev out of the fandom.

Hopefully, everyone can learn from this experience.

I can give a bit of clarification on this. So in my original post, I talked about how I felt that the creators' interest in sexual portrayals of child characters (aka shotacon/lolicon) would prevent them from getting a developer. I made some pretty big missteps in that post that I'd like to apologise for firstly.

One, I posted angrily, without thinking about how my venting could escalate. Recently Cillia had posted shotacon artwork too the collective shrug emoji of the fandom, so I assumed (wrongly) that only a few of us would be bothered by the matter. Although I did not accuse the creators of child abuse, the vague and inflammatory wording is what triggered people to make that assumption, and I take full responsibility for instigating the situation. I'm glad that some of the fandom is also grossed out by shotacon, but this was not the best way to find out.

Secondly, since I was venting, I didn't go into detail about what inspired my post - the tweet wasn't the main reason I became angry, just something I threw in because I thought it was unprofessional. The creator's close friend creates shotacon artwork, so I assumed they were equally involved, based on the connection. I should never have jumped to any conclusions without a full understanding of the situation. Being complicit to something is not the same as participating in it.

The fact that the tweet was the only thing I mentioned made the fandom believe Purin's twitter was a hotbed of shotacon, which wasn't the case. Subsequently it has led people to believe I made the accusation based on one tweet, which is an elegant case of hubris. The lack of detail was partially a futile attempt to avoid witch hunting: the ineffectiveness of which is a lesson I won't be forgetting any time soon.

In short: bad decisions were made on my part. I'm going to be much more careful addressing controversial subjects in future. I hope this can give some belated clarity on the situation.