"This guy. this fuckin' guy. Here he is. See him? Fuck this guy. Read what he has to say. Because you're ignoring him." My impression of the basis of this is that I was one of the first people to come to Hubski not because I knew anyone involved in it but because it came recommended (by either drunken_jedi or doug3465; can't remember which). As such, the basic courtesy of overlooking your friends' faux pas was not extended to me. Amongst MK and crew, Hubski was a friendly and congenial group of like-minded people with one, two or three degrees of history; for me, it was just another online community I needed to learn. The "combat" functionality I find essential in order to stay on the battlefield simply isn't something you need when Hubski is your secondary connection to people. As your primary one, however, there simply aren't the back channels and avenues to forgiveness and affinity within the architecture itself.