1. I'm not Joel.
2. I have only posted news articles and upates.
3. Having trolls send you private messages to gloat sums up the true motivation behind this.

It's a sad day when moderators take the side of trolls.

I would like to refer mprep to *Rule 3* of the Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

3. No trolling.

If a user is habitually posting obviously false nonsense just to stir up trouble, then it's considered trolling, which is prohibited.