Adulterous spouses, beware. A new website called CheaterVille — launched last Valentine's Day — offers the jilted a place to vent about their cheating exes. People have posted detailed accounts of their partner's transgressions, complete with photos. Some do so anonymously, others attach names. The website gives alleged cheaters the chance to log in and tell their versions of the stories, and the company says that in the end, it's out to promote fidelity. But does CheaterVille step over the lines of good taste and fair play?
This is just plain wrong: With Facebook and Ashley Madison and the internet in general, says Nicole Fabian-Weber at The Stir, it's rare to find anything truly shocking anymore. But this "virtual dumping ground for dirty details" reaches a new low. People are posting really private and damning personal stuff here, complete with photos, names, and all kinds of identifying information. Such vicious attacks "should be illegal."
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