I'm late for the party. Don't got the skinny on what happened
For those who missed it, here's a breakdown of what went on:
Steeljan posted video and made a comment about (paraphrasing here as the vid is gone) "people who put some big test box on their mods that add 5ohms of resistance" that
appeared to be directed at pbusardo. He responded with a quick video of his own that showed his boxes did not skew his numbers to first ensure that he wasn't doing something wrong, and secondly to protect his integrity when he found he wasn't in case someone did question his methods.
Not a real big deal at that point.
But it escalated very quickly when Steeljan responded to someone asking about it in the comments of her video with (again, paraphrasing) "He's real good at making things show what he wants them to" which a lot of people took (and I admit I was one of them) as a blatant and very direct shot at his integrity and weren't real happy about one member of the community seemingly lashing out at another like that.
But in typical Internet fashion, the responses to those rather meek comments quickly got way out of line with people making horrendously vile personal insults and even wishing her and her family harm (which I was
not a part of and do not in
any way condone). I don't blame her at all for walking away from that. Those people were way out of line.
But the more popular/helpful/talented/loved someone is, the more some people will want to bring them down to their level of misery (aka "the Boy Band/Beiber effect") and any little opening will draw those people out of the woodwork. Many of the people posting those comments didn't even have a clue what vaping was, they just somehow found someone who was vulnerable and jumped on the bandwagon. Walking away just gives those people what they wanted. Reviewers, and anyone who makes themselves available to the public need to remember they're doing it for those who appreciate what they do and those who don't, don't matter.
I was critical of her comment but I certainly didn't want her to leave. Her contributions
far ,
FAR outweigh one minor lack of tact in a comment that could have easily been due to something we don't know anything about or just having a bad day and certainly didn't warrant the treatment she received as a result. Her info and support of this community has not just entertained people like a Boy Band or Beiber. She's helped many people (including myself) save their own lives and the lives of loved ones by helping them understand vaping and kick the cigs.
