i imagine there's a big "twitter is not real life" split on who is winning the sympathies of the public in the question of the bad art friend. obviously gossipy group chatters (everyone on here) sympathize with sonya, but many will find the appropriation and mocking unforgivable
Finally read it after encountering chatter about it "on here." Whatever other meta thoughts one may have, I think most people's reaction to, say, a movie version would be very different than the reaction of people who thrive on group-dynamic oriented places—Reddit, Twitter...