So I usually do emails asking people to trade links with some of my sites. I have about 8 established sites remind you. Now I get a email from a guy saying he has taken notice of the different car sites I'm making and says he's going to send me a lot of negative feedback my way toward my sites. He told me to stop feeding of the internet world. He kind of made fun of my sites saying they are not unique and don't belong on the internet. What's funny is I do make nice sites, at least that's what I thought http://www.fordgt.org http://musclecartech.org http://www.halo-3.us http://www.xboxliveclans.com http://mustangford.net I actually consider this a threat and heard of people going to jail for stuff like this. Trying to ruine other people's websites, badmouthing them, making threats etc... Now I saved the email for evidence. Should I take this to my lawyer immediately? I mean I make one of my car payments through google ads and sponsors, I don't want anything like this ruining one of the things I care to love. Guys like this really ruin the internet. I have his first and last name, he put in his email. He actually lives in the same state as me too. What do you guys thing? Have you come across stuff like this before? I responded to him the first time just saying I enjoy making websites. I never said anything bad to him at all, I personally don't even know the guy. Any help would be extremely appreciated
I think you best take a deep breath and calm down. Pause for a sec before taking any actions. This guy is trying to give his bad influence to you. You should never respond to his threat the same way. Don't burn him (yet) because he said he was going to burn you. ONLY if he does something terrible to your site (hacking, reporting to BBB, etc) then you should respond the same way. Fight fire with fire. But I agree to ForgottenCreature, bad publicity is still a publicity as long as there are no authorities or legal matters involved. Until he done what he threaten to you, just stay cool, do your everyday routine as if nothing happens. People will see you as a dedicated professional webmaster, not a straight-jumping-out-the-boat man. And what will you do to him ? Well I think he's just bluffing anyway ...