I paused on that as well and took OP to be relating bullying to NumFOCUS' criticism of the article author; rather than simply saying that all criticism is bully

I paused on that as well and took OP to be relating bullying to NumFOCUS' criticism of the article author; rather than simply saying that all criticism is bullying. Perhaps a bit too generous but you're right, the statement didn't make alot of sense without that moderating context. I certainly would see what NumFOCUS did here as bullying.