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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
1. It's not online presence, though. This campaign didn't have anything to do with anything the guy did online - the internet was a tool used to destroy him.
Given that he's totally unsympathetic, let me give you another example: two guys in an office make some sexist joke about their penises, I can't even recall what it was specifically. Random female office employee overhears, is offended, stands up from her cubicle and takes a photo of both of them with her phone. Posts it to twitter. Tweet goes viral. Both guys fired and publicly tarred and feathered.
That actually happened.
2. Can we stop it? Yes - legislation can go a long way here. People participating in this are often not anonymous - reviews posted on this guy's yelp page are under the reviewer's own name, twitter accounts are frequently tied to an identifiable person, and obviously there are other records. This is clearly something that could be dealt with, and at some point likely will be dealt with.
3. This quote is terrifying: "Is it scary? I suppose but only if you've exposed yourself to something bad."
Oh good. All I have to do is be perfect for the rest of my life or risk consequences that vastly outdistance the scope of my mistakes, gleefully visited upon me by a vindictive mob not accountable to anyone. Sounds fantastic.
This is like saying, "yeah, we should re-institute a mandatory death penalty sentence for shoplifting; that's only scary if you're a shoplifter."
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1. This guy's online presence were the multiple pictures of him with trophy slaughtered animals. His dental website talked about how much he loves doing it. It sort of shows this guy really loves doing this, even if he has to break the law to do it (which he has). Considering 95% of society considers this act absurdly barbaric, I mean who isn't going to tar and feather him? Did he really think he'd get a pass? Of course he did, hence why he talked about everything done being legal, ignoring that most people don't care if it's legal, its disgusting and immoral. Particularly paying thousands of dollars to do it. And doing it as cowardly as can be done. If this guy took like the Lion down with a knife, cool. Shooting it from a distance, then stalking it for 40 hours, then killing it? Yeah, this is a truly horrible human being, not someone who made a mistake.
2. Yeah good luck with that. Proving intent is virtually impossible on the internet. Everyone will claim they were joking, or that they were hacked. Legislation is unlikely to really work unless websites where you can comment force you to give up all personal info and agree to waivers. I imagine since that would destroy traffic at many websites, that's never going to happen.
3. Do I really have to tell people "Don't have pictures or posts of yourself in potentially compromising positions, because the internet leaves a trail forever?". I had to tell those folks registering for Ashley Madison that "Oh yeah, that's there forever for hackers even if you think it's private?".
Do you intend on applying for any jobs ever again? Cause I'm sure you're aware any company with any sort of HR department now scours the internet searching Google or Facebook or LinkedIn to look into prospective candidates. Anything up there is fair game, like it or not. Of course it's not great, but it's the way it is. And it's not gonna change anytime soon. So either adapt to it, or don't and see where it goes.