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"Peter J Ross"  wrote in message news:slrnm9dvu5.6qq.pjr@homeridae.org...

Hey PJR, your type is spreading to other parts of the internet... your brand
of stalking and libel-posting isn't just for Usenet any more... here's the
story from the New York Times:

The typical anonymous, unregistered stalking and libel-posting troll is not
a new phenomenon on Topix Forums... the site has had repeated problems with
anonymous, unregistered "flame trolls", who stalk and post what can verge
into the territory of libel, for example:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/us/small-town-gossip-moves-to-the-web-anonymous-and-vicious.html

"...a social media Web site called Topix, where they write and read
startlingly negative posts, all cloaked in anonymity, about one another. And
in Dee’s Place, people are not happy... called Topix a 'cesspool of
character assassination.' [...] In rural America, older, poorer remote
population lagged the rest of the country in embracing the Internet, the
growing use of social media is raising familiar concerns about bullying and
privacy... hubs of unsubstantiated gossip, stirring widespread resentment in
communities where ties run deep, memories run long and anonymity is a novel
concept. 'Something about rural culture seems to make people want to have
conversations in public,' Topix, a site lightly trafficked in cities, enjoys
a dedicated and growing following across the Ozarks, Appalachia and much of
the rural South, establishing an unexpected niche in communities of a few
hundred or few thousand people..."

And, of course, there's a difference between free speech and libel. The
posts made here and elsewhere on Topix.com by the trolls you asked about
generally tend to fall into the latter category

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I found this in my Drafts file, not sure what thread it will bright to the
top, but it seems appropriate for the current scene here...