On an individual level: respond to bots/trolls with the goal of providing accurate information and a perspective grounded for the benefit of uninformed lurkers who are reading but not commenting.
Don’t get baited into arguments, just do your best to provide clarity so that bots have a harder time spreading misinformation.
This isn’t very surprising to me and I’m not too mad about it tbh. My impression is that Rossman is passionate about open-source and right-to-repair, and after connecting with Eron, he was offered his dream job that would allow him to get paid to work on his passion in Austin with Eron. Eron is very wealthy which provides the funding but also comes with sketchy friends. Eron exploits Rossman’s authenticity and puts him in a tough spot.