Reddit made waves on Saturday, when they took down the “Fappening” page, on which users could share nude celebrity photos from the massive hacking scandal that recently swept Hollywood and claimed such victims as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. The content sharing site’s decision was generally regarded as having been the right one, but the creator of the page, “johnsmcjohn”  feels differently. He hosted an “ask me anything” session the next day, in which he complained about Reddit’s move, justified his decision to launch the page, and even suggested that he is the one whose privacy has been violated in this whole ordeal.

Johnsmcjohn wrote that he is “not happy” about Reddit’s decision to ban the “Fappening.” He continued, “If they banned my sub on Sunday (or even Monday after we broke the servers), I would be fine with it. But they made a decision based on what their lawyers say rather than what is best for the site.”

The Reddit user claims that he “did not start the sub to be the prime place on the Internet for celebrity leaks,” but rather,  “I created it because I liked the name, and thought it would get a decent sized community modded by myself and a few other mods I’d selected.” Notably absent from this explanation was any indication that he had considered the moral implications of sharing illegally obtained photos that were intended for private use.

Johnsmcjohn also voiced his objection a recent Washington Post article, for which journalist Caitlin Dewey studied his past Internet use – noting that he was active in communities geared toward both autistic and asexual people. “Why is my being on an asexuality website or an Aspergers board relevant to my work on /r/TheFappening?” He asked. Apparently fancying himself a hero, he added, “I decided Thursday that I wouldn’t delete my account and if the press wants to send me thru the ringer, so be it. I won’t be bullied into silence.”

Reddit, meanwhile, said in a statement that they had received DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) requests from many of the photos’ rightful owners to remove them. They added that “while current US law does not prohibit linking stolen materials, we deplore the theft of these images and do not condone their widespread distribution.”