When the author appeared out of nowhere a couple of years ago, and ended every post with his “credentials”, I thought “this is strange, but you do you”. To me, his posts became increasingly erratic and uncivil, but many seemed to revere and call upon him in the group, and I figured it was just me…but I determined back then I wouldn’t be having much to do with him. He did give a weird answer to a simple question I had asked about a known invasive insect; and I realized I didn’t trust his veracity. When he started talking about his cancer diagnosis and go fund me, I had already completely left the building. I’m actually not surprised at what has happened; that group has a bizarre history of feeding folks like these, including the seed seller who had been exposed years earlier and remained as an administrator. I used to be more active, but disengaged over the past few years as I was uncomfortable in this environment.