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It's not like this is really new. The problem is generally the online social services we use and how they allow others to be harassed online. I doubt they rea

by damm 9y ago

It's not like this is really new. The problem is generally the online social services we use and how they allow others to be harassed online. I doubt they really care if the violence goes out onto the streets; as long as it's not on their lawn right? This is the general problem; and over-reaction from social networks from either not doing enough or doing too much. If you want to avoid online harassment avoid those sites that don't do anything to protect you. Good moderators can go bad; so regardless if it's facebook or some small dinky online forum... they can be aggressive at moderating and also silence people for no good reason

christofosho 9y ago
In reporting a website for using my intellectual property, Cloudflare forwarded all of my personal information (which was necessary to give) to the abuser in question. Funny enough, I had explicitly mentioned that these individuals had been harassing me in more ways than just by stealing my property without proper attribution. And yet they still gave my information to the abusive party. What followed was a series of even worse harassment, including (but not limited to) prank calls, deliveries, and a SWATing. Unfortunately, avoiding bad things isn't always the case, nor the solution. You would figure a site such as the one mentioned would be a bit more protective.
- damm 9y ago
  CloudFlare has acknowledged this problem I believe. That's very unfortunate and it makes one not want to report harassment in the future. Behavior like that makes me think you have a case against CloudFlare because their behavior harmed you. Worse than the original crime if you ask me. It's a good deterrent however to make sure people don't report abuse in the future. Makes their graphs look pretty and empty and they don't think they have anything bad going on. In fact no one wants to report anything because they learned the lesson; the bully's win when you have no privacy and stopping said abusive (violent) behavior is often difficult or impossible? I don't think I experienced it that bad personally. I have had the people creating craigslist postings with your information telling people to come over to your house and rape you. Quite paralyzing

by damm 9y ago

christofosho 9y ago

In reporting a website for using my intellectual property, Cloudflare forwarded all of my personal information (which was necessary to give) to the abuser in question. Funny enough, I had explicitly mentioned that these individuals had been harassing me in more ways than just by stealing my property without proper attribution. And yet they still gave my information to the abusive party. What followed was a series of even worse harassment, including (but not limited to) prank calls, deliveries, and a SWATing. Unfortunately, avoiding bad things isn't always the case, nor the solution. You would figure a site such as the one mentioned would be a bit more protective.

damm 9y ago
CloudFlare has acknowledged this problem I believe. That's very unfortunate and it makes one not want to report harassment in the future. Behavior like that makes me think you have a case against CloudFlare because their behavior harmed you. Worse than the original crime if you ask me. It's a good deterrent however to make sure people don't report abuse in the future. Makes their graphs look pretty and empty and they don't think they have anything bad going on. In fact no one wants to report anything because they learned the lesson; the bully's win when you have no privacy and stopping said abusive (violent) behavior is often difficult or impossible? I don't think I experienced it that bad personally. I have had the people creating craigslist postings with your information telling people to come over to your house and rape you. Quite paralyzing