Was the Response to the Incident Justified?

As I mentioned in my last blog post, people on the Internet were furious about this, and showed no mercy to what they perceived as something absolutely wrong. The article we read in class, brings up a great question as to if the response was justified, or if people went too far in this. I think that this response got out of hand extremely fast, and would not have happened in the past when the Internet was not as accessible as it is now. The woman should have obviously been penalized, but should not have had to deal with an absolutely ruined reputation to the point where she had to drop out of her university.