[Robodog]

The Ellis situation sends out an important message to the public:

"You cannot trust twitter and facebook"

Why?

Because if she'd made those same comments in a private text message or a hand-written letter, had written them down in a diary, or had simply said them out loud to someone - then she would not be in this situation.

It is because they are on twitter that this is happening.

So what are twitter/facebook really about then?

Some kind of trapping device, to be used against people if they ever become famous?

This is why I (and many many others) do not have accounts on those platforms. Well dodgy.

We ALL make mistakes and say dumb stuff about other people, especially when we are young. EVERYONE does.
Should we ALL be punished in this way, for dumb stuff we said when we were children?