Blogging about creating passionate users? Yeah, that’s worth death threats, isn’t it?

A “category five shitstorm,” to quote Doc Searls, has broken out. Want to know the details? Start with this post from Kathy Sierra, the target of those threats. After you read that (and be sure to follow through and read some of the comments; of particular note are those posted by “Joey”), it’s worth seeing what Doc Searls and especially Chris Locke have to say.

Meanwhile, the BBC is reporting on calls for a blogging code of conduct, drawing more attention to the issue (especially since the BBC story was linked to on Drudge).

I don’t know Kathy beyond what I’ve read over at Passionate, and there’s probably six or seven sides to this particular coin (not to mention a serious lack of decency and common sense at key points of this issue), but I hope she gets through this okay to blog again. And again.

I thought we were pretty much past this kind of crap.

APRIL 2 UPDATE: Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke have posted coordinated statements about all this.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 6:00 am and is filed under Internet Stuff.