David Brown

Two months later, she filed her lawsuit, claiming that Mateen was verbally abusive toward her.

Wolf says that at a company party, her ex even called her a whore.

The lawsuit claims Tinder tolerated this behavior and describes the company's culture as misogynistic.

Wolf may have sued Tinder, but in calling out the alpha male startup stereotypes, she was also taking aim at something bigger, Silicon Valley's boys club.

And now, alone in the dark, scrolling through message after message, she's seeing what happens when you challenge that system publicly.

The backlash is immediate and vicious.

The messages are filled with profanity and threats and accuse her of being an opportunist,

Wolf takes the insults personally, and they hit hard.

A feeling of worthlessness starts to creep in.

Later that day, a journalist knocks on Wolf's door.

He's hoping to get an exclusive of her side of the story.

Wolf doesn't open the door.

There will be more days and nights like this to come.

More nasty texts.

More journalists trying to get a scoop.

Eventually, Wolf deletes her Twitter account and prepares to leave Los Angeles.

But before she packs her bags, one more message comes through.

This time, it's not a threat or an insult.

It's an email from a Russian tech mogul named Andrei Andreev, and he has a proposition.

It just so happens that Wolf has been busy hatching a plan to turn the Internet into a kinder, gentler place.