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Strongly disagree: > Ina and David Steiner say eBay employees tortured them for two years because they posted online reviews about the site. Staffers allegedly
by ericbarrett 4y ago
Strongly disagree:
> Ina and David Steiner say eBay employees tortured them for two years because they posted online reviews about the site. Staffers allegedly sent the couple bizarre items, including a pig Halloween mask, insects and a book on losing a spouse.
(Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ebay-lawsuit-cyberstalking-natick-steiner/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/ebay-lawsuit-cyberstalki...)
The oppo research mentioned in the article surely leaves a bad taste in one's mouth, but it's not even in the same league as what the Steiners say they faced.
Edit/additional thoughts: Mudge is a well-known executive who held high-profile position in several organizations, and who released very serious accusations about Twitter, where he was an officer of a public company, in the midst of a multi-billion dollar business dispute. Whereas the Steiners were just two of millions of eBay sellers who were allegedly criminally harassed by senior staff for the content of their newsletter (IIRC). So there's also an enormous difference in the relationship between these individuals and the entities opposing them.
- r00fus 4y agoLet's just agree that both are the result of private stalking gone wild. I'd agree the Steiners' eBay harassment was much worse but silencing of any critical voices is definitely in the authoritarian playbook and bad for a functioning society.