It's the external forums where he has made himself a running joke that many tribes don't want anything to do with him and the ones that do, well, we have all seen what becomes of them.
Like others have said, and from what I have noticed, CODE cares very little for their reputation or their forum presence. While in the last week or two they have become suddenly more vocal, it can be agreed upon by all that up until now, most people would have trouble naming five CODE forum posters.
Even now, almost every poster is a player who came on to play an account, rather than the original owner, ir was only recently recruited -Bug commander, Whall0, Saraub. I cant even think of more than that, aside from deinpohost (spelling is off, I know), and nobody actually has a clue who he is.
However, their lack of forum presence has done nothing to hinder their progress in game, where they have made a number of smart moves regarding past diplomacy and recruitment.