Addressing the Online Smear Campaign (2025)

In August 2025 and then again in October 2025, I unfortunately became aware that one individual, with a well-known history of violence, trauma and anger issues, used multiple accounts across Reddit and Discord to post a series of “blatantly untrue, yet factual sounding” comments (one link of numerous), in a calculated attempt to hurt me and/or my reputation.

Here’s an example of the DMs that were being spammed to group members.

(A video screen-capture is also provided below, for veracity.)

(Note: his Discord nickname and avatar changed at least 2 times in 2 days, after this conversation, which is why the screen-captures and the PDF below are different – being created a few days later, after finding some Discord conversation exporting software – however you can see the username itself and conversation is unchanged.)

Here’s what he had to say (48 page PDF), in August 2025, after I responded to his efforts inside the community Discord server – which you’ll note shared all of the same language and talking points as the Reddit arm of the campaign. I wasn’t aware of the Reddit comment campaign at this time.

There is no doubt that it’s the same person. From this candid conversation, you can also judge for yourself the character, history and state of mind of the parties involved.

[NB. Despite it being necessary to share this conversation and provide context, I still find it distasteful to disseminate private messages in this way.]

(A screen-captured video and screenshot of the nickname + username has again been included below for veracity.)

These defamatory attacks were a simple-to-execute, yet exceptionally vile smear campaign of easily disproved lies.. however, that content is sufficient to end up on the front page of Google when searching my name, causing drama and reputational harm if people don’t take the extra time to evaluate his claims.

While this libel has no direct impact on anyone who already knows and/or works with me (beyond being upset on my behalf), it may still create hesitation and cause lost opportunities for newcomers.

I am seeking legal advice on this matter and will look forward to seeing justice carried out.