No, it’s just that in this case a yr long battle with hardliners fighting, and buckeye is on one side, while this thread was posted by a newbie who did not reply to the positive feedback or welcomes.. If you had been pinged by the mod, and you had welcomed the newbie, I would venture to guess that no one would have gotten riled up so to speak.
Well, if you want my honest opinion, y'all need to take a deep breath and accept the Mod's ping for what it was. As I look at those on this thread screaming the loudest about some conspiracy between Admin Moderator and Buckeye Texan and "this has never happened before" or "we don't need a welcoming committee", the majority seem to have signed up within the past year. They obviously have no historical basis to make those claims. I've seen Mods ping people in the past and many years ago we did have Newcomers Welcome threads. I think you remember those.