Runners do not tolerate cheaters at all but the way this was handled was ridiculously unacceptable. Since there's no penalty for humiliating someone to death, for the press it's even profitable, so of course that's what ends up happening.
Also, anyone who runs knows that website they mention is one of the most toxic places on the internet, not just for running but everything and anything. ala "4chan" (8chan?) It's hundreds, thousands, of teenagers and 20-something boys with complete anonymity and nothing but free time. The website owners do not moderate. So once they get ahold of something to attack, they are going to bully it to death, in this case literally.
Also, anyone who runs knows that website they mention is one of the most toxic places on the internet, not just for running but everything and anything. ala "4chan" (8chan?) It's hundreds, thousands, of teenagers and 20-something boys with complete anonymity and nothing but free time. The website owners do not moderate. So once they get ahold of something to attack, they are going to bully it to death, in this case literally.