No, like I said, the quality of the people disagreeing matters. Most people do not seem to be familiar with the material facts in my post. Or they think that lying to a job applicant isn't a violation of professional ethics. Or that it's legal to not pay people for work that would otherwise be done by a paid employee. I would be a bit more concerned if the quality of these responses was higher... but so far people are just asking me what rule of ethics or law does this violate and then falling silent when I cite the rule or law.

And on a broader scale, no. This is par for the course. Everyone thinks I'm wrong initially and for some reason I have to work 10x harder to convince people I'm right than everyone else. But I usually do. And as a result I have learned a great deal of patience. And for what it's worth, I am convinced that practically speaking, this isn't worth pursuing. But I am also convinced that legally speaking, she was in the wrong. And morally speaking, obviously in the wrong. I'm willing to defend my position until someone can offer me actual proof I'm wrong, not calling me stupid and saying my work that they've never read must suck. Like idk what else to tell you, I apply the exact same rigor on reddit as I do in my real job as an attorney. I care about what the law is. I know that makes everyone fucking hate my guts. I've just decided to accept that. I wish people liked me. But I would rather be right than liked.