just to draw some attention to the “(some of)”, Kathy claimed in her suicide note that her actions had led to one person being banned from EA events. My understanding is that she made a mixture of accusations that were corroborated and ones that weren’t, including the ones you refer to. I think this is interesting because it means both:
Kathy was not just a liar who made everything up to cause trouble. I would guess she really was hurt, and directed responsibility for that hurt to a mixture of the right and wrong places. (Maybe no-one thought this, but I just want to make clear that we don’t have to choose between “she was right about everything” and “she was wrong about everything”.)
Kathy was not ignored by the community. Her accusations were taken seriously enough to be investigated, and some of those investigations led to people being banned from events or groups. Reddit may talk shit about her, but the people in a position to do something listened.
(I should say that what I’m saying is mostly based on what Kathy said in her public writings combined with second-or-third hand accounts, and despite talking a little to Kathy at the time I’m missing almost all the details of what actually happened. Feel free to contradict me if something I said seems untrue.)
(edit 2023-10-09: revised “more than one” to “one” because I’m sure that’s true and am not sure the “more than” is true)
just to draw some attention to the “(some of)”, Kathy claimed in her suicide note that her actions had led to one person being banned from EA events. My understanding is that she made a mixture of accusations that were corroborated and ones that weren’t, including the ones you refer to. I think this is interesting because it means both:
Kathy was not just a liar who made everything up to cause trouble. I would guess she really was hurt, and directed responsibility for that hurt to a mixture of the right and wrong places. (Maybe no-one thought this, but I just want to make clear that we don’t have to choose between “she was right about everything” and “she was wrong about everything”.)
Kathy was not ignored by the community. Her accusations were taken seriously enough to be investigated, and some of those investigations led to people being banned from events or groups. Reddit may talk shit about her, but the people in a position to do something listened.
(I should say that what I’m saying is mostly based on what Kathy said in her public writings combined with second-or-third hand accounts, and despite talking a little to Kathy at the time I’m missing almost all the details of what actually happened. Feel free to contradict me if something I said seems untrue.)
(edit 2023-10-09: revised “more than one” to “one” because I’m sure that’s true and am not sure the “more than” is true)