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In reply to the discussion: Donglegate, and why we don't have more women in tech [View all]JVS
(61,935 posts)of that venue have a perverse sense of what constitutes justice and what are appropriate measures to achieve it.
The reason she took it to twitter was that things go viral on the internet and as a result a lot of people would see it. Other DUers have pointed out to you that this is a harsh way of dealing with people, but you've dismissed them by saying whatever works.
But there are a shitload of trolls on the internet who also go by the dictum of whatever works. They wanted to avenge what they saw as a wrong and used every method they could to make such a nuisance of themselves that she'd get fired. Methods including DOS attacks, harassment, sifting through her twitter and fb feeds, etc. Now, they're jerks (and in some cases criminals) for doing that but their actions also highlight how inconsiderate and irresponsible exposing people to trial by twitter is.