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Did you ever find out how they targeted you at the first place?
by azraomega 11y ago
Did you ever find out how they targeted you at the first place?
- gwilkes 11y agoOh, I had an anonymous email account listed on the website so people could leave feedback or submit additional teacher reviews. So, they didn't know who I was but they could contact me. I fucked up by outing myself to the teacher impersonating a student, but with a legal threat I guess it could have turned out even worse if I didn't out myself. Huge drama at the time, my parents were pretty religious so they actually took the values of the school seriously and were so upset that they told me they wouldn't let me go to college. That was a pretty easy fight to win though as there is no way they could have stopped me.
- JackFr 11y agoI hate to say it, in this comment you come off as a little narcissistic, selfish and immature. What was it you gained by this prank? At what was the cost to those around you?
- gwilkes 11y agoIt was just for fun at first and also to air some real grievances about the school itself. It was supposed to be religious but it felt like the school was more about money, there were some other specific issues that felt like they were important at the time as well. I really didn't mean to hurt my brother or family, still feel bad about it. I don't think the teachers took it too hard as I heard that some agreed with what was said and I don't think I said anything too hurtful about any of them, just honest really. I'm certainly writing here in a somewhat detached manner as it does still bring up feelings and I could better explain with an entire blog post like the original story here. Maybe I'll do just that.
- studentrob 11y agosubscribe
- mcherm 11y agoI agree. That is exactly why radical organizers like Martin Luther King or Evan Wolfson or Ed Snowden should learn to sit down and shut up. It is narcissistic, selfish, and immature of them to insist on speaking about issues society would prefer they stayed silent on. And the cost to their supporters and friends and those around them is quite significant.
- msie 11y agoPlease, do not put this guy in the same boat as MLK or Ed Snowden.
- dang 11y agoYour first sentence crosses the line into a personal attack. Those are not ok here. The comment would be just fine without that.
- JackFr 11y agoWhat are you gonna do? Expel me?
- JackFr 11y agoI don't understand the down votes on my sibling post. I point out some hypocrisy (some people commended for violating community norms in another community, while I am criticized for violating HN norms) in a snarky way I find amusing. So call me immature and narcissistic, but get off your high horse.
- azraomega 11y agoIt's interesting. I don't suppose there is a way to protect your anonymity at the time. They would have got you either way. Using an email list might be a better solution... haha, use a free email for every weekly update. Never reply.
- mirimir 11y agoIn the late 90s, there was no Tor, or VPN services. There were still pseudonymous remailers (penet.fi having gone down in 1996). I remember using Potato Idaho to craft Mixmaster remailer messages with reply blocks. That's how I posted to filtered cypherpunks :) But it was tedious.