I should also clarify that the sites Meankids and Unclebob were created as group writing projects that their creators imagined would generate satire, not cruelty. Jeneane’s pointing to some of the funny stuff posted there by her friends was in no way an endorsement of nasty stuff posted later by some anons, ugly stuff that caused Frank and Chris to pull each site down.

When you think about how both Frank and Jeneane have been hounded over this, despite the minimal level of their involvement with bad stuff on those two sites–and despite their zero involvement with death threats Kathy got via email or on her own blog–well, the thought certainly has a chilling effect on me.