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This sounds extremely hyperbolic, I have to wonder why there are no citations as to the actual attacks in question? As the comments started to escalate on Mean

This sounds extremely hyperbolic, I have to wonder why there are no citations as to the actual attacks in question? As the comments started to escalate on Mean Website 2, one reader expressed pleasure that the website owner was attacking a woman, inferring he hoped there would be more. The owner’s response: Come on, really? You think that's credible? That there's a cheer squad out there just looking for people that are victimising based on gender and seeking to congratulate them for such sterling behaviour? This stretches the bounds of credulity. After a little googling I came up with this; http://saltydroid.info/the-ittybiz-spider/ http://saltydroid.info/the-ittybiz-spider/ So is this basically some kind or marketer slanging match going down between two parties and each is trying to paint the other as the bigger evil? Why is this here?

astine 15y ago
So, tl;dr for your link seems to be that people are attacking this woman, not specifically because she is a woman but because they believe her to be con-artist. I only spent a brief moment reading the comments but I didn't see a lot of people attack her for being a woman or issuing death threats, but I did see a lot of folks accusing her of some nasty trickery. I don't trust this site anymore than the woman's own, but it seems to me that this whole thing is irrelevant to folks who don't read her blog.
- gyardley 15y ago
  Really? I can't say I read the comments comprehensively, but the main poster called her a 'bitch' a couple of lines in, and there was a lot of discussion about her breasts. I suspect this woman's trying to deal with her detractors in entirely the wrong way - death threats are illegal, and instead of feeding the trolls, she should immediately take what she's got to law enforcement. That said, this thread is a lot less sympathetic than I would've expected. No one deserves that sort of abuse. Let's say she was a con artist. There's also legal ways of dealing with that, and none involve discussing any part of her anatomy.
  - astine 15y ago
    "Really? I can't say I read the comments comprehensively, but the main poster called her a 'bitch' a couple of lines in, and there was a lot of discussion about her breasts." Is not the same thing as targeting her specifically because she is a woman. Had the target been a man, they would likely have accused him of having a small penis. It's not right, it's excessively personal, but it's hardly what she described in her post. I didn't personally detect credible death threats and unless you can, I think it's a non-issue.

astine 15y ago

So, tl;dr for your link seems to be that people are attacking this woman, not specifically because she is a woman but because they believe her to be con-artist. I only spent a brief moment reading the comments but I didn't see a lot of people attack her for being a woman or issuing death threats, but I did see a lot of folks accusing her of some nasty trickery. I don't trust this site anymore than the woman's own, but it seems to me that this whole thing is irrelevant to folks who don't read her blog.

gyardley 15y ago
Really? I can't say I read the comments comprehensively, but the main poster called her a 'bitch' a couple of lines in, and there was a lot of discussion about her breasts. I suspect this woman's trying to deal with her detractors in entirely the wrong way - death threats are illegal, and instead of feeding the trolls, she should immediately take what she's got to law enforcement. That said, this thread is a lot less sympathetic than I would've expected. No one deserves that sort of abuse. Let's say she was a con artist. There's also legal ways of dealing with that, and none involve discussing any part of her anatomy.
- astine 15y ago
  "Really? I can't say I read the comments comprehensively, but the main poster called her a 'bitch' a couple of lines in, and there was a lot of discussion about her breasts." Is not the same thing as targeting her specifically because she is a woman. Had the target been a man, they would likely have accused him of having a small penis. It's not right, it's excessively personal, but it's hardly what she described in her post. I didn't personally detect credible death threats and unless you can, I think it's a non-issue.