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What kind of threats?
by tankman 17y ago
What kind of threats?
- thesethings 17y agoDeath threats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6499095.stm The whole situation was weird. Though she specifically was targeted, it seemed like the site the threats came out of was a group of generally angry, lame folks who lashed out in all directions constantly. I could barely understand it at the time (though I of course would have freaked out in her shoes, as the language was so specific and graphic.)
- tankman 17y ago"While blogging feuds are common, she believes the campaign against her is more likely to be because she is a woman in the male-dominated technology world."
- phaedrus 17y agoDoesn't this seem eerily similar to the way Steve Yegge suddenly stopped blogging/removed his public presence? And then _why (whytheluckystiff) also pulled down all his online presences. It makes me wonder if some group of kids is systematically threatening lots of top bloggers.
- philwelch 17y agoThere's "some group of kids" that acts like assholes in general, of course--"Anonymous". Not to blame them in particular, but it's not exactly difficult to get a vaguely-defined, poorly organized group of bored kids on the internet to hate you if you have any kind of notoriety.
- blasdel 17y agoSomeone idly trolled her; she took the bait hook, line, and sinker. Her reaction attracted more trolling, kicked off distressful public discussions of the value of her work, adding fuel for further reaction.