User blog comment:AmazingPythor/Important: Demotion of Veralann/@comment-26425232-20170309144727/@comment-26067066-20170309210933

First of all it should be noted that someone who even entertains the idea of leaking admin site information generally cannot be trusted with such information, and, as a result of the comments I quoted, his two cents most likely wouldn't have changed things regardless, considering the objective evidence of his potential future leaks deemed him an untrustworthy source.

I'm going to side with Loney in saying that although it is somewhat regrettable that we did not talk to Hype, but I doubt it would have changed anything other than cause the nonsensical tumult to happen slightly before the demotion. There's no "fearmongering" involed: Even if there were minor errors in our decision making process (which, again, probably would have only delayed the outcome if anything), I consider this to be a necessary, albeit regrettable, act for the sake of preserving the security of sensitive information.