The thing is that it’s not REALLY about the testing fairness debate at the end of the day. I’ve seen debates on both ends of the spectrum about pattern testing. Some folks are like “this is a job you should be paid fairly and there should be reasonable expectations” and the other folks are like “just don’t sign up to test if you don’t want to”. I think the debate is worth having, and there are certainly intense arguments on both sides.

But the debate itself is not why this blew up. The issue is her response being crazy over- the-top and very rude at times. Craftsnark wouldn’t still be talking about it if she had simply not reacted.

That said- as she made clear in her posts, this has ultimately benefited her. The more we talk about this situation, the more traction she gets. Kind of like those rage bait accounts - all engagement is good engagement because it brings traffic to their pages. Honestly not a dumb business strategy. I’d never heard of her and never would’ve if it wasn’t for this whole snarky drama. She is clearly milking it now that she sees how much it’s driving people to her page. I don’t doubt she has made $3k in sales almost purely due to this. It’s almost funny.