Hi all. I'm a friend of the person who started this thread...this is my first and last post here, to answer some questions.
From what I hear, his company treated him very well and very fairly, even after letting him go. They are a high profile company with high profile clients. The risk of jeopardizing that image could cost them millions. They made a business decision. If some whacko on the internet can send them a letter, they can send it to anyone, and that could jeopardize the livelihoods of a few dozen people. They felt horribly about having to make this choice, they didn't blame him one bit. It had nothing to do with posting from work. His work performance and productivity was excellent, but he didn't have irreplaceable skills. It had to do with the fact that a psycho was out there willing to send accusations to anyone anonymously. Accusations that falsely made claims regarding the content of his posts and association with their clients. They couldn't rationally risk the income that is essential to all the other employees for the sake of this one person. They decided it best to disassociate with him, even though he was not at fault. While he worked there they treated him 10 times better than any company has ever treated an employee. And they treated him 1000 times better than any company ever treated an employee that they let go.
He told me he won't be coming to this website anymore because, while it was fun, it's not worth it. He had been here when it was a handful, maybe a couple hundred people worldwide that came to this website at all. It's grown since then and he didn't temper his posting to match the risk of increased exposure to increased level of fuck nuts.
He posted the original message, not to name the perpetrator, or get even. But just to warn you all of the possibilities of what can happen when obviously deranged people are permitted to work a computer and take typed text from a monitor and turn it into an evil, sick, demented vendetta against someone they viewed as a threat because of their typed words.
He's taking the appropriate action regarding any slandering that took place by the person who contacted his company.
But don't expect any updates, don't expect some kind of closure. He'll do what he needs to do, and step one is not come on this site, or any site for that matter, where anyone might be able to identify his true identity.
He appreciates the support from everyone, but again, not why he posted. Just watch your backs. Especially one of you inparticular.
-Pittsburgh Keith
