Comment by corobo
5 years ago
Not sure what this solves really. Some pissed off weirdo is an idiot aye.
Either it's scary and get law enforcement involved or it's not and we're gawking and laughing at someone at their worst moment.
In an attempt to take this post at its most charitable I agree, it fucking sucks there's not enough focus on mental health in the world.
If you're looking for ways to be charitable, I found this (and this similar Tim Ferris post[0]) to be eye-opening view into the range of noise that people with large social wakes deal with. It's a small slice of empathy that I (and possibly others) would have lacked otherwise that makes me more understanding in interactions with folks like OSS maintainers, corporate governance, etc.
I agree, there was no need to include names in the article.
[0] https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/
The only difference here is I'm empathising with both sides
When you get messages like this, sometimes you end up taking it differently to how it appears as a third party. Any threat of violence online can be interpreted as a joke, it's not easy to tell the difference sometimes and it's harder when you're on the receiving end of it.