None of my business but I just stepped into the icky usenet waters to read that stuff, and poked around. But the thread linked to above is after the fact, where "everybody (except Abby Sales) hates the MN monster" is well documented.

But the problem seems to have originated in a thread called "Dylan shafted Nic Jones," in a post where she responded to a post by one Dave Webber. That, unfortunately, I cannot locate. She doesn't come across as a monster in the "Nic Jones: A Belated Introduction" thread linked, or the others I could find. Just on the defense.

If you're sure she now is always on the prowl to raise Cain, well then fine, but I hope she isn't paying a price seven years later for ill-tempered usenet behavior and pissing off the crowd. I can only think of two people around here (InOBU and Jerry Rasmussen) who have never flown off the handle.