What would have happened if Null responded differently to Nick's shower messages?
What happened:
-nick: null, the stuff in my thread is a lie because the stuff about drex is a lie. if that's a lie so my stuff has to be lies too!
-null: huh? but the drex is stuff is true though.
-nick: wahh wahh you dont understand my point hence you dont understand social queues.
What if:
-nick: null, the stuff in my thread is a lie because the stuff about drex is a lie. if that's a lie so my stuff has to be lies too!
-null: ok i'll believe what you say. (does nothing else, still covers nick or drex on mati if the lolcow material is there)
-nick: ____
What if null never entertained nick's slimy insinuations by asking "who is interfering your business/who is breaking the rule/what do you want me to delete"? AKA pretending everything is fine unless nick outright admits it?
I think Nick would have twisted that into Null being aware of rule violations, but intentionally chosing to do nothing. It would have caused more problems, and not less.
As it stands, Null can justifiably and honestly claim he has no idea what the fuck Nick is talking about, because Nick won't clarify what the fuck he's talking about. Nobody else here seems to know what Nick is on about either.
That's my point though. That maybe playing dumb until Nick has to shout at the top of his lungs that null has to delete this thread on camera is the move.
I'm not sure Nick would have done that, because I think even he is cognizant of how bad it would have looked. It's why he's so passive-aggressive here. It suits him to keep whining about vague
unspecified rule violations. Particularly if there are none. I think he knows he hasn't got a prayer in hell of the thread being deleted, so plan b is to to try and convince as many people as possible that his thread is untrustworthy and filled with untrustworthy people. All the while never truly elaborating as to why he feels that's the case.
The way it played out is fine. Nick made an accusation. Null asked for clarification/proof. Nick demurred. Null called Nick's bluff. As a result, Nick undeniably takes the L here.
Nick
might have gotten something out of Null if he made a request or accusation in good faith, concerning a rule violation or a blatant untruth posted in this thread. But he didn't. Because that would require him to not be completely full of shit.
It's worth remembering that Montagraph approached Null, hat in hand, and asked for a targeted removal of the claim that he operated a photography studio that took naked pictures of children. Null agreed on the basis that there are indeed no facts in evidence to substantiate that claim.
This is distinguishable from Hedonism II, or anything involving Drex, in which there exists mountains of evidence.
That is why Montagraph succeeded with Null whereas Nick failed.
And I'm sure Nick is seething over it.