The dark side of blogging?
This Saturday at the Web2.0 meeting in The Balie I said “Privacy is overrated” and got some good laughs from the audience.
Just now I read something that takes the fun out of that remark.
Kathy Sierra received death threats on her blog and via other blogs and has canceled her public performances. Scoble has decided to stop blogging for a week.
I wouldn’t think of stopping in a time like this and would rather blog twice as much to show my outrage. But I do respect Scobles initiative and hope more intiatives will follow.
UPDATE I: I have been reading the comments under the article on Kathy’s blog and although Joey doesn’t make a strong case I did remind me that people should be considered innocent until proven guilty. The web easily turns into a lynchmob and that ain’t right either.
UPDATE II: Check the blog of Michelle Malkin who offers another insight and shows that things might not always are what they seem. The original post by Kathy now has more than 1000 comments. I don’t think I know of any blog post that generated that many comments…
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Really awful. It would have been nice if the blogosphere hadn’t mimiced real life to this extent. Let’s try and stay positive, respectful, creative, idealistic, naive and innovative as to keep this kind of crap from spreading. Hope to see Kathy back soon, passionate as ever.
There was no threat made to Kathy. The entire thing is a misunderstanding or an intentional hoax which stems from my criticism of her books. I am the “Joey” she is referring to and I ask that you read my reply at her site; assuming she doesn’t delete it.
Joey: I read most of the comments and it doesn’t look good for you.
But I look forward to more news. Whether you are correct or not I’m sure we will hear about it soon enough.