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It is still doxing. It doesn't matter if it is a criminal or not. Reddit doesn't have a place being involved in this. Look at how the Boston Bomber situation tu

• gozur88 10y ago
  >It is still doxing. It doesn't matter if it is a criminal or not. The term "doxing" is almost exclusively used for outing people using pseudonyms online. I've never heard it applied to an attempt to identify a random criminal. >Reddit doesn't have a place being involved in this. Look at how the Boston Bomber situation turned out. And how did that turn out? I mean, in the end. A lynching? I must have missed it. >If you think someone commited a crime and you have evidence take it to the police. If they want community help in hunting someone down then they will ask the community. Sometimes the cops need to be prodded into doing their jobs. I know there are people on the left cheering this assault because they don't like the victim, but I'd really rather not see political violence become commonplace in the US. EDIT: By the way, I like your "If you think someone committed a crime..." formulation, as if there's some question whether or not something illegal happened.