Crowdsourcing Advice- How to Deal with a Hostile Web Commentor?
Last month I commented on an article on Mother Jones. It was a good point, so good that the comment thread erupted in the usual mudslide of lies, hoping to discredit reasonable criticisms and the person that levied them. One commentor was especially vicious. She continually made claims about me, my funding and other personal statements. For instance, she claimed that my science is funded by Monsanto, Jon Entine and the Genetic Literacy Project and that it says so right on my website. It isn't true, and my website doesn't mention Entine or GLP. The woman graduate student posting false and harmful information about me refuses to correct it after gentle requests. What is the correct next step? The most hurtful words were that I harass her children. As a guy that volunteers in schools and teaches karate to kids at night (for no pay), this is a serious problem. Thanks to the help of others and some of my own sleuthing we were able to dissect her anonymity and figu