If you don't know about the Kathy Sierra death threats incident, read about it. Everyone with a personal presence online should stand up and pay attention.
There has been a huge amount of commentary online about this, and while I feel, because I care about issues of social accountability online, that I should chime in, I don't actually have a lot to add. I do think there's an interesting nuts-and-bolts discussion to be had around building accountability into online social systems, and I'll get to that, but in the meantime I just want to add my 2 cents of support for Ms. Sierra to the other thousands of supportive voices.
However, I will point to one especially thoughtful and thorough post by my colleague Nancy White. Her analysis and summary of the issues and conversation surrounding this incident is friggin' deep. Check it out.
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