Taylor Lorenz

Social autopsy wanted to end cyberbullying and it wanted to do that by essentially doxing everyone.

It's so funny because this is literally what she actually speaks out against now, which is like mass surveillance and like doxing and all this stuff.

She was claiming like bringing transparency to the internet and like making it easier to like get someone fired from their job, basically, if they, you know, said something bad online.

And it was a terrible idea.

And a lot of people said it was a terrible idea that kind of just made her like dig her heels in harder.

It's amazing that people were against that idea back then because it's like she was so early to this cancel culture idea, you know?

Peter Thiel didn't see it.

He would have funded that.

Should immediately.

You mentioned these men that she fell in with.

Those were the earliest conservative influencers.

it's intoxicating to feel so validated in your lowest moments.

I mean, there was that article that came out years ago about this canceled men's club.

And it's like, basically, anytime a man was getting canceled online, you had all these reactionary figures reaching out to them and being like,

hey, come, you know, join our group.

Oh, like the woke mob got you too.

You know, like, don't worry.

Like we support each other.

And I mean, it is so hard.

Like in those moments, as we have all dealt with, it's like when you are getting piled on online, like there's like these times when it's like,