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Article #648061Re: Little Homeless Clown / a response to a Usenet stalker
From: Michelangelo Sca
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:29
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:29
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On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:04:52 AM UTC-5, Hector Heathcliff wrote: > On Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 10:09:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote: > > "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 Deeβs 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 > > ME's old stomping grounds, Topix Forums.....! I heard that you drove everyone there away with your stink, Stink. When you and your stink were the only ones left, they pulled the plug. Ha ha ha.
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