I knew going in that Klein would only respond in a self-glorifying egomaniacal way

Then why did you bother? You knew you would not receive a satisfying response but just one that would incite further unhappiness. Congrats, you were right, no one is surprised.

Instead of improving himself or trying not be an unwelcoming person, he's instead "crafted a boilerplate" passive aggressive, condescending response.

This reminds me, uncomfortably, of people who tell women to smile more. " kleinbl00, you're not nice enough for me. You have to become nicer until I'm satisfied with how nice you are." If he is nice, that's nice, that helps new users assimilate, but he's hardly the only person (in fact I would posit one of the more rare persons) with whom new users interact. Klein avoids new users.

As for his name being everywhere, well, yeah. So's mine. Does that make me a Hubski god? I'm less active than klein but if we're honest, not really by that much.

As you say, you've received PMs complaining about Klein, so therefore his name being all over the site doesn't represent what percentage of the population likes him.

Hubski isn't your's. It's his. And if he doesn't like you, you'd better "bail."

This is stupid, and it's fear-mongering. Why does Hubski have to be anyone's? How can Hubski be any one person's? Why are we being presented with this false dichotomy of us vs. them? Why are we being presented with this false concept of Hubski ownership? Is it because you feel owned?

I've done enough research into your interactions with klein on Hubski to say that it ain't being represented accurately in your letter.

Over the last week I’ve been thinking heavily about dropping Hubski because of how you behave. Specifically, your posts in the Movie Club - something I can’t participate in because you’re constantly arguing with me any time I post.

Unless comments have been deleted, movie club posts were improperly tagged, or I totally missed something, you and klein have never interacted directly in Movie Club posts and in fact only interacted once, through me, when he seconded my ask that we NOT watch Gravity. Which reminds me. How come no one yells at me for arguing with them? How come no one posts about me? Was I not a dick when I referred to Hubski in general as "you fuckers" especially since it was clear that what I meant was the guy I was arguing with was a fucker?

That brings me to another point. I'm pretty blatant with my opinion when I have a strong one and I stand my ground. Just this week I've been straight dismissive of submissions on more than one occasion. I haven't even always been good at fostering an intelligent discussion with these comments, although I've gone back and expounded where I thought it would be elucidating.

No one's bitching at me, am I just not being offensive enough?

Everyone doesn't get along with everyone. But for some reason the people who unfollow or mute me don't feel the need to tell me about it. And I don't think they have any obligation to do so because it's their choice. And if they decided to mute me, I'd figure that was okay, because it meant that we probably wouldn't enjoy speaking to each other any way. It's like the dating game but with social interactions. Do you know who you should desire to interact with least in social networks? The people who don't want to interact with you. What is so hard about trusting someone's judgment when they decide they don't want to talk to you?

You decided to initiate a conversation with a user about how you did not want to have conversations with them. Do you see how that is circular? From the get-go it is a bad set up because you are initiating an action you said you no longer wanted to experience.

You and klein have interacted in something like 5-10 comment threads in the past 10-ish months. That ain't bein' chased and shouted down at every opportunity.

I'm a wizard, 'Arry, and I know enough about the internet to check these sorts of things out on a rudimentary level. It ain't hard. I grant that you may feel, perhaps, prosecuted and targeted. I am sure however that you are not.

EDIT: Also, like, nice way to try to guilt Hubski-as-a-whole into taking your side by implying that the site as a whole fails because you are unable to get along with another user, who you actually instigated into having the conversation that is leading to your departure with.