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There was an interesting book recently called "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson which explored what happened when the mob mentality doxxed someone,
by Overtonwindow 9y ago
There was an interesting book recently called "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" by Jon Ronson which explored what happened when the mob mentality doxxed someone, for better or for worse. I think this unfortunate situation is clear evidence that you should avoid publishing your photo, and personal details online, and do all that you can to build a firewall against the casual mob.
- jonlucc 9y agoRonson has been pretty clear on Twitter that he doesn't consider this such a case. I believe his thought is that these people are putting themselves out in public in front of a bunch of news cameras. They are intentionally drawing the attention to themselves, so they're not exactly the same cases he points to in the book. Edit: I found a tweet [1] where he coalesces some of his thoughts to this effect. [1] https://twitter.com/jonronson/status/896855308974292992 https://twitter.com/jonronson/status/896855308974292992
- smsm42 9y agoThat sounds like cure worse than the disease. So I can't share my memories with friends, can't have normal public presentation for work, can't speak publicly and have public persona to communicate with others - out of fear that one day a mob of idiots could randomly target me for something I didn't do because some idiot published something on some idiotic forum? Is that really a way to live?
- quuquuquu 9y agoAs someone who has been doxxed, ridiculed, harrassed, hacked etc I can absolutely confirm that life is better now outside of the public eye and I am very glad that google searches of my name has dropped off over the years