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There's more to life than one's employment-- some mobs also go after their target's relatives.
Also, a fairly high proportion of people get highly distracted and upset by violent threats even if the likelihood of physical attacks has been low so far.
How many of said threats are not bluffs? I mean, I know that some of them aren't, but I can't get myself to alieve it.
So far as I know, these threats are quite common, but I haven't heard of any physical action being taken on them.
If you haven't been on the receiving end of such threats, you may be underestimating the way you'd react to them.
One thing people report is that they get frightened because there are people putting in a notable amount of effort to make them feel bad.
I'm not really aware of that happening as a result of internet disputes.
A high proportion of people also don't draw mobs.
I know one person who did and he has no issue dealing with it.
Given that you are a woman I can understand that it's a more reasonable risk for you. Unfortunately online women get attacked more easily and more nasty than a lot of men.
Still you have chosen to be quite open.
I've chosen to be open because it feels like the right thing for me to do. I have no idea whether I'm taking an excessive risk.
What I've heard is that men are more likely to get attacked (makes sense given where they hang out), it's just that women are more likely to make a big deal of it.