Comments on: Blog Attacks Leading to Suicides?

By: The Mobosphere, Web 2.0’s Ugly Side and Top 10 Personas | FastTech.com

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:33:38 +0000

[...] is an emerging problem with quite a bit of rumors, lawsuits, suicides and death threats all eminating from this lack of oversight. John Dozier of Dozier Internet Law, a [...]

By: James

James — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:34:23 +0000

I think this is taking everything too far, but then again this is life and people just take things too far anyway! thanks for the info James's last blog post..5 Tips on dealing with customer complaints

By: OMG. OMG. OMFG.

OMG. OMG. OMFG. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:18:18 +0000

[...] this year, web marketing guru Andy Beal responded to several publications that were speculating whether the cause of ad executive Paul Tilley’s [...]

By: Prosperity Writer

Prosperity Writer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:38:20 +0000

i am an advocate of freedom of the press and freedom of speech. but journalists and writers should always remember these freedoms we enjoy also carries some responsibilities.

By: doyourthing

doyourthing — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:27:55 +0000

“Opinions are like arseholes..everybody has one!” Dont take anything too seriously, i imagine that scathing attack is coming from a sad little man or woman sitting behind there pc wearing itchy and scratcy pyjamas… not that theres anything wrong with itchy and scratchy mind you.. hehe

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ShinyRed » Blog Archive » Internet rock stars - and nasty paps — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:06:14 +0000

[...] defence a few days in, picking a fight with ringleader Valleywag and berating them for their online hounding. Which mirrors – slightly less dramatically – recent discussions around the part to be played in [...]

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:41:28 +0000

He must have had another set of reasons to end his life. It couldn’t have just been the online criticism. Lots of adverse opinion about TechCrunch here, seemingly all from the same person.

By: Whatever

Whatever — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:41:07 +0000

If this guy killed himself over words on a blog then in all of his 40 some years he must have never been criticized or went to high school. Blogs are just like high school and so is the Internet and it’s hate machine. He had a family … the humiliation from words on a blog and the affects it may have had on his career are more important then his family? Unfathomable… had 2 be something else too!

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:10:19 +0000

I agree we should treat each other with respect and not launch attacks, but it takes more than something like a blog for someone to kill themselves. The blog criticism could have been the final straw and it very possibly contributed, but it’s hard to believe it’s the only cause.

By: scary

scary — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:13:31 +0000

Many drop out techcrunch for many reason: Libel, Slander, and Defamatory. They delete posts and alter posts.

I got pretty scared. So, I stop going there. I feel pretty safe when I visit New York Times. I like New York Times better.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:31:12 +0000

We should definitely take care in what we say. Being respectful is just a part of life and personal morality. I am a firm believer in treating people with respect.

As to whether or not the blog posts are to blame for the suicide – it may have played a part, but the blog post was not the problem. The problems were much deeper than that.

By: hecto

hecto — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:25:25 +0000

a bit extreme…

By: Be careful with Techcrunch

Be careful with Techcrunch — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:41:33 +0000

I saw Duncan Riley & Michael Arrington showed Paul Tilley IP address on Post, got him very angry, and hide message away three month ago. He was saying something like: Get off my f*cking IP address.

Now, I can’t find on Google. Database just vanished like ghost. Techcrunch could be play cyberbully role. First, they attacked Rivals.com, Jimmy whales Wikia, some startups, and people repulations on posts. Just be careful with techcrunch, not Valleywag.

By: Victim too.

Victim too. — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:53:52 +0000

Techcrunch is one of the most scarest website to visit. They form something like religious cult or evil cult, and destory every failure startups. In the past, I remember Techcrunch locked and ease comments about Paul Tilley, and display his IP address. Few minutes refreshing the page, they ease with no cause.

I stop visiting techcrunch. I knew Techcrunch was behind this bully attacks.

By: How seriously should you take comments on your blog and on other blogs? | Content Blog

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:42:25 +0000

[...] person is suspected to have committed suicide (I read it here) after a few scathing blog posts and subsequent vitriolic comments on the ways of his functioning. [...]

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:27:11 +0000

I think we all need to be less of a fragile flower online. If your posting on news, gossip or commentary shouldn’t you expect this? You need to have a thick skin if you publishing your work online. We don’t seem to care at all when celebs are constantly hounded by the media and paparazzi. We say well that the life they choose and it comes with the territory. Well so does constructive or unconstructive criticism with blog authoring.

Now with that being said slander is unacceptable and something totally different than criticism. If someone is in the public eye, executives or not, then they have to expect (in this day and age0 that someone will be commenting about them online. They also have to be above fly-by-night commenter’s. Who cares just go on with your life. All we have control over is our personal statements and decisions. Live by that and you will be fine.

By: Brick Marketing

Brick Marketing — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:27:18 +0000

True, that was not the correct word. People could perceive any personal badmouthing as slander I suppose but yes, criticism was the correct word the whole way through. You are right in saying the fly by night commenters – they have a tendency to be the most malicious of all for obvious reasons.

By: teeni

teeni — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:21:43 +0000

Well, whether it is detrimental to a person’s psyche or not, slander is defined as “a malicious, false, and defamatory statement” and I wouldn’t consider it the same as criticism. In itself, it is meant to be hurtful. But you are right Brick, I think it would be hard not to get personally offended. Criticism also has to come from a respected and trusted source to be useful, not just some fly by night anonymous commenter.

By: Alex Isaacs

Alex Isaacs — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:18:20 +0000

What was posted about Mr. Tilley wasn’t threatening nor offensive in the least. Anytime someone achieves “executive” status in their career they’re probably pretty callused to the realities of climbing the corporate ladder. If those were the words that drove him over the edge than he was probably dealing with some pretty intense emotional issues at the time.

By: Brick Marketing

Brick Marketing — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:13:59 +0000

Either way, it’s hard not to get personally offended….so yes, your Golden Rule seems like a good idea!