Another blogger whom Sierra accused in her post goes by the alias 'Joey', and asked for his full name not to be revealed.

Joey has been alleged to have posted death threats in a post that made reference to an image in which Sierra's face appeared beside a hangman's noose.

In a statement that was emailed to Computerworld Australia, Joey claimed having no intention of threatening Sierra, and that his comment was made in jest and targeted not at Sierra, but at Locke's fictional character, Kat Herding.

While he said that some misunderstanding is understandable, Joey also accused Sierra of having frequented the unclebobism site even before the objectionable posts appeared, and should have known what to expect from the site.

"I have nothing but sympathy for the experience Kathy receives in her personal email or blog comments. No one deserves that sort of treatment," he said. "That said, nasty emails should be no shock to anyone in the public arena. That doesn't make them right; it simply makes a shocked reaction to them incredible."