Originally Posted by
davekay1971
Fortunately not directly involving me! Briefly, here's the situation: Person A is starting a small business and asked Person B, who went to art school but does not work as an artist per se, to help design a logo for the business, not as a business contract but as a favor. Person B drew out an idea. Person A didn't want to use the whole logo but had another friend alter a part of the drawing, incorporate it into a different background, and then used that piece of work for the logo. Person B became upset that her drawing was altered and used in a different logo and has since launched into several comments on Facebook about Person A. These comments include describing Person A as having stolen the work, as having behaved in a threatening behavior, and as having made repeated threatening texts. There have been more statements on Facebook by Person B describing Person A has having no class, etc. Unrelated parties (who don't know Person A) have responded to Person B's comments with much nastier remarks about Person A, which Person B has "liked".
I know for a fact that Person A has not engaged in any threatening behavior or threatening texts. I'm pretty sure, from my own unprofessional understanding of defamation of character, that what Person B has said herself on Facebook meets the definition. My question is whether Person B "liking" degrading and vicious comments made, in response to her posts, by others, contributes to defamation of character since, in my view, it actively endorses a very negative impression of Person A.