I totally understand that. Like I said, I'm glad that social media is having at least one positive impact on society, it's heartening to see racists, abusers, etc. actually facing consequences for their actions in a way they never would have in the past.
But in cases like this the victim will see justice when Joe loses sponsors, when he's no longer invited to cons, when people unsubscribe to his channel, when he's denied new products to review. I don't see us squabbling over which team we're on fits into the picture.
I don't want allegations like this to be private. Honestly this is something I've been thinking a lot about in the last couple days and I'm not entirely sure what I feel the best way to handle it is. I absolutely think threads like this should be made, since, as stated above, I understand that the public being aware is important because the public at large play a huge role in ensuring abusers are punished.
But I just don't see the value in those initial few hours or days when everyone is waiting for the next juicy detail to emerge so that they can weigh in on whether it corroborates the views they've already posted. How many posts in this thread are variations of "Oh look at that, he sent a cease and desist, he wouldn't do that if he weren't guilty, I knew it" or "That really makes sense he would send a cease and desist, it's the most sensible thing to do in a situation like this and the language used in his statement makes me even more confident that, while he certainly came across as creepy, he did not cross the line into harassment/ assault."
That's what I find tasteless. Reading this thread it really comes across to me that most people are more worried about being on the right side then seeing justice served.
On the other hand, I do completely understand that this situation is far better than days when victims had no avenue to be heard, so I don't know, maybe this is how it should be.
