I recently visited the techcrunch office in the bay area and was impressed how close to the private life of Michael Arrington techcrunch operates – the office essentially is in his home.

Yesterday at DLD someone spat on Michael which makes me feel very sad. He also revealed in his blog today that he was threatened by someone to kill him last year, now the spat attack is prompting him to take time off to rethink his approach.

At the moment, I just which to share this with everyone and express my anger at the guy at DLD – this person belongs to the 800 “chosen” individuals who were allowed to participate.

We will need to have a discussion about the negative effects of the self exposure that social media allows and encourages us all to do. And we will need to take a stand against anyone who threatens or attacks people who expose themselves.