I don't for a second regret posting those screenshots, the absolute lack of action from HO was abhorrent given the fact that the incident was originally reported over a month ago.
It took less than a day after the public outcry when shown the details of the offence for HO to see what the problem was and take action, and given at the time I posted them no action had been taken I assumed I was well within my rights to provide the detail. Could I have taken this to HO directly? Sure, but no new information was provided on that day and the user in question who was targetted on this occasion had already taken it directly to HO and received no suggestion that there would be any outcome in this league.
At no point that I am aware of in the past has anyone suggested that the appeals team are available to a user that feels the inaction of HO is something that can be appealed, it has been used to review decisions that HO have made and posted - but as far as I know many users in the league would be unaware they can take issues to appeals without a posting from HO stating a punishment to begin with.
I can greatly appreciate that HO have made this decision, it is the right one despite the time it took to get here, and I would encourage you to take a zero tolerance approach to this kind of situation to ensure users feel safe here in the future.
If people were hurt from the fallout of the screenshots being leaked there, just remember there was ample opportunity to avoid that occuring by taking action and not simply disregarding the original report. If people were hurt by seeing those screenshots, imagine how you'd feel being on the receiving end of those messages.
It took less than a day after the public outcry when shown the details of the offence for HO to see what the problem was and take action, and given at the time I posted them no action had been taken I assumed I was well within my rights to provide the detail. Could I have taken this to HO directly? Sure, but no new information was provided on that day and the user in question who was targetted on this occasion had already taken it directly to HO and received no suggestion that there would be any outcome in this league.
At no point that I am aware of in the past has anyone suggested that the appeals team are available to a user that feels the inaction of HO is something that can be appealed, it has been used to review decisions that HO have made and posted - but as far as I know many users in the league would be unaware they can take issues to appeals without a posting from HO stating a punishment to begin with.
I can greatly appreciate that HO have made this decision, it is the right one despite the time it took to get here, and I would encourage you to take a zero tolerance approach to this kind of situation to ensure users feel safe here in the future.
If people were hurt from the fallout of the screenshots being leaked there, just remember there was ample opportunity to avoid that occuring by taking action and not simply disregarding the original report. If people were hurt by seeing those screenshots, imagine how you'd feel being on the receiving end of those messages.