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Say it: Cyberbullying? You have to be kidding me

Published on 26/03/07
by Zac Echola

UPDATE: Scoble has decided to go on strike until Monday because of this idiocy. NOW I’M REALLY ANGRY.

Kathy Sierra wont be at ETech conference today because mindless idiots have been threatening her…on the Internet.

In her post (linked above), she accuses top bloggers Chris Locke (One guy who helped write The Cluetrain Manifesto, but now mostly posts Internet quiz results on his blog like 15 year olds on LiveJournal), Listics’ Frank Paynter (who does his best to “be respectful, not mean spirited…” and “express love” as per his disclaimer), Jeneane Sessum (writer of godawful Internet poetry), Raving Lunacy Allen Herrel and others of posting threats like:

fuck off you boring slut… i hope someone slits your throat and cums down your gob

And:

They posted a photo of a noose next to my head, and one of their members (posting as “Joey”) commented “the only thing Kathy has to offer me is that noose in her neck size.”

and posting this photo:

Well, Sierra has gone to the police with all this, and it seems they’re taking the threats very seriously.

If these accusations turn out to be true, I expect to see sites like BlogHer to make formal apologies for the actions of their bloggers (Sessum is a regular contributor).

I also wouldn’t mind seeing their apology videos on blip.tv.

The end. Or is it?

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