I didn't say no response was warranted. I said a stroppy response wasn't warranted. Absolutely, letting the rumor mill run with this guy's allegations is a net

I didn't say no response was warranted. I said a stroppy response wasn't warranted. Absolutely, letting the rumor mill run with this guy's allegations is a net negative for Reddit, so Yishan (or, preferably, his PR folks) needed to respond somehow. My quibble is with the form and content of the response, not with there having been one.