1) The moment you go for collective punishment, you already lost in spirit! Just for the record, there are several developers here on site, who asked(!) the patrons not to post certain stuff here on F95, because they were little gifts for the patrons. And both patrons and thread followers accepted this without fuss to this day! Why not here in the AWAM thread? Because L&P´s behavior is completely over the top and hatedriven, complete with an inability to deliver on his promises. This erodes trust like few things and it shows.But the thing is how will you identify who has leaked it. The only choice left is collective punishment. It is a limitation of the system.
That teaser is a little extra he is offering to people who are in his highest tier. He doesn't want the thread people to see it. That is his choice.
And the issue does not arise from one side. The thread every single day abuses him, calls him a liar, a cheater, a milker. Say he is lying about even having an assistant without any proof. Ridiculing his smallest mistakes,even a small strand on the forehead was made a mockery of on this thread. Making n number of accusations and what opinion do you expect him to have of the thread after reading this.
2)While I agree that some abuse here in the thread is too much, even for a thinskinned diva L&P is, he was complicit in making this bed! L&P´s attitude and behavior over the years was far from confident or souverän. He reacted to really smallish things with hate, churlishness and foam around his mouth, instead of confidence and nonchalance, showing he stands above trifles. He falls way short of the line a grown man is/should be measured.
I am a hobby writer and have stories of mine out there. The feedback I get ranges from high praise to hateful and racist drivel, that is something we have unfortunately to live with on the internet. I wish it were different, but it is not. While you should not swallow everything with a grin, you need a thick skin and trust in yourself to stand some stuff the Net will pour over you.
L&P completely botched his reactions on peanut happenings and smallish stuff, instead of standing above it. Not only did he paint a target on himself for the real trolls, he showed a part of his character which is less than nice. Over the years I found that I am glad not to have to know him personally.
And worse, he burned the bridges with the community here for small reasons. It is not by chance that many who wished him well in the beginning, myself included, now cannot stand his person.