Founder of ‘I Fucking Love Science’ Considered $30M Page Sale Over Trolls

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October 12, 2015

Since time immemorial, internet trolls have been spewing bile online at anything and everything; in the process of ruining the internet for everybody else, their fuckery almost drove ‘I fucking love science’ Facebook page creator Elise Andrew to sell out of the site.

Andrew, who started the page in 2012, took to Twitter to write about her mental illness, and how baseless personal attacks on her and ‘I fucking love science’ drove her to consider the sale.

I was offered $30 million for IFLScience last year. And it was so, so tempting. Not because of the money.

— Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) October 10, 2015

Regardless of how much money that is – and it is a lot of money – Andrew is still at the helm of the page delivering sciencey goodness daily.

The 24-year-old page admin, and a normal human being undeserving of such trash, started the page as a personal project with the intention of sharing the latest in science and technology; seemingly for just being a successful *gasp* woman! online, her and the page have been hung out to dry.

Some days my illnesses make me feel insane. But then I have the internet there to remind me that some people are so, so much worse.

— Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) October 10, 2015

Although hey, $30 million. But the thought of being a private person again. Of no one caring who I am. Of everyone just leaving me alone

— Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) October 10, 2015

No more bitchy blogs, or YouTube comments, or whatever. I could delete social media. Blissful silence.

— Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) October 10, 2015

But I honestly and truly think I have to ability to do some good in the world. Some days I think it will end up killing me.

— Elise Andrew (@Elise_Andrew) October 10, 2015

The page, which boasts over 22 million likes, posts content ranging from “Why Claw Machines Are Rigged” (called it!) to a study suggesting evolution may work in reverse for some species. If the mindless attacks on social media page admins are anything to go by, that study may hold some truth.