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Definitely looks like a slam dunk for actual malice. It's like he went down a checklist of what's required for actionable defamation and hit every box.
slam dunk? lmao reddit armchair lawyers at it again!
you need to prove damages to win a suit. some kind of material, measurable impact on Christian caused by the blackmail comment from reddit on the call with the moderators. What are the damages caused specifcally by the blackmail comment? Not the loss of income from his having to shut down the app due to the API changes, because that happened before the false comment.
Defamation/slander suits aren't won on the basis of "he lied and that's mean" they're won based on impact to the plaintiff. It's been less than a week--no one has any idea of the impact of a comment made on a (relatively) private call with like 15 mods is going to have on Christian's ability to have a livelihood.
Reputational damage is a thing and I think you knew that before you typed up this unnecessarily aggressive response that hopefully made you feel better about what's actually got you bugged today
He successfully defended his reputation and you need to be able to put a dollar amount on the savages. So far I find see how that is possible
Ok, but if they don’t want to do business with him because he records phone calls that’s his fault and is unrelated to the claims that Reddit is making. And again, you have to prove real world, actual, dollar amount damages that have actually happen and then prove they happened as a direct result of the claims. You also have to prove the standard of actual malice , as opposed to just negligence. Again, he does not have a case in any courtroom in the world.
Is he being mean? Yes. Could Christian sue for that? Sure, you can sue anybody for anything. This would not meet the legal standard for defamation, at least in the United States.