> I was among the first people to alert social media. (This was because Gill always gave my television documentaries bad reviews, so I tended to keep a vigilant eye on things he could be got for.) Within minutes, it was everywhere.
Is this really what we've come to? We have all this technological progress so you could stalk someone you're butthurt over and try to get at them?
> Amid the hundreds of congratulatory messages I received
So that others who have nothing better to do could pile on this?
> Still, in those early days, the collective fury felt righteous, powerful and effective. It felt as if hierarchies were being dismantled, as if justice were being democratized.
Wake up! Who ever gave a damn about some tweet? Be it corrupt mega-corp or a media figure.
> I didn’t want people looking at me
Well, now that's a cool story you better tell everyone on twitter :)
> The woman had, in fact, overheard the joke. She considered it to be emblematic of the gender imbalance
Ah, nothing like snooping in on the conversation that isn't meant for your damn ears and then getting all butthurt about it.
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It's not the tweet that is stupid, it's people using the platform in such ways and maybe even the platform itself. Come on, we can do better than that after all this time.
TL;DR She got exactly what she deserved in this context, but that doesn't mean that community is some righteous force - quite the contrary, it's simply poisonous.