The internet is a weird place to be

There's been something going down on the internet this week which has left me struggling to understand.

The long version is way, way, way too long to explain, but FWIW here's the short version.

A MummyBlogger (whom will remain nameless) has a relatively high blog profile/following mostly due to her 4th child's life-threatening medical condition a couple of years ago.  There were "Pray for XXXX" buttons everywhere, and her blog was followed by thousands.

The child got better, but the following continued and the MummyBlogger got a bit of a name for parenting/cooking/photography etc. 

Over time some began to notice inconsistencies and half-truths in the stuff that was shared.  There was a little plagiarism going on.  There were a couple of intensely personal events that were left out of the blog - which is totally normal...I don't tell YOU everything that goes on in my life - but I don't pretend that I do.  And I don't expect you to believe that I tell you everything.

A few people started asking questions on the blog and got ignored.  Then they started to ask questions and found their comments deleted.  Then they got banned from the blog and the attached forum.

A new blog began with the sole purpose of finding fault with, and drawing attention to, the MummyBlogger and her inconsistencies.

That blog imploded.

Another blog began to replace it.  It was going along tickety-boo until last week when everything went feral and I mean seriously feral.  Feral to the point that an organisation connected to MummyBlogger issued a cease and desist order to the blog.  The blog closed immediately.

A third blog began immediately afterwards, but I now have good reason to suspect that this *new* blog is moderated by someone who has used - to date - at least 3 separate identities on the blogs, the forum and on MummyBloggers site.

You'd think that after the April Rose business I'd have learned a lesson and taken everything with a grain of salt.  But it seems I'm a basically trusting soul.

This whole thing is an absolute trainwreck and I can't look away.

I cannot imagine how it is going to end, but I am guessing it won't end well.