I don't think it's crazy for a maintainer to Google the person a bit, and if there is no positive match, ask the other person for at least a little bit of detai

I don't think it's crazy for a maintainer to Google the person a bit, and if there is no positive match, ask the other person for at least a little bit of detail about themselves, like where they live (country/city), who they work for, etc. Maybe hop on a phone call or something. In this case, Jia Tan just doesn't seem to match any real person we can find online. It's not like there's an elaborate online persona that they have really built. While I don't want to put Lasse Collin on trial since he's a victim too, I do think he owes the community an update and explanation of what went down. It's not because we want to point fingers at him, but to learn from the experience.