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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.
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If you're thinking of the same incident I am, it didn't happen in an office. It happened at a tech conference. Still a valid example for your complaint though:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirh...ng-the-shamer/
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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.
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You are treading very close to freedom of speech issues here. Defamation already isn't protected, but in this case, calling out a sociopathic poacher is protected opinion in both the US and Canada.
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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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I'm not saying this to justify it, but the fact is, you aren't going to stop it. The internet is changing the world in many ways. Most for the good, some not so good. Social media in particular has a serious impact on how we live our lives now. As with literally everything else in human history, we either adapt or we die.