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Maybe it isn't actually that big of a problem?

by seany 8y ago

untog 8y ago
Maybe it is?
bilbo0s 8y ago
Internet crazies waiting for you at your home or place of employment, most definitely is a problem. Internet crazies swatting you because you got a portafort in fortnite, or some equally trivial offense like that, most definitely is a problem. And that's not even getting into the more sinister stuff that the fbi has to deal with.
- tomp 8y ago
  Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault? Also, if you put enough information online, all it takes is one crazy/creepy stalker/murderer to track you down and do anything, that's completely orthogonal to the general problem of "online harrassment".
  - bilbo0s 8y ago
    >Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault?... Woah, woah, woah. I said internet crazies showing up at your place of employment is a problem. That doesn't make it assault. For instance, the outrage brigade might show up to protest in front of the company where you work for a few weeks. This is their right as Americans, and I realize and acknowledge that. At the same time, I believe it is harassment. I didn't say we should do anything to stop it. I only said that it most definitely is a problem. And if it happened to you, I'd bet that right around the time your boss called you into his or her office to give you your final paycheck, you would start to think it is a problem too. I think you went about 5 bridges WAY too far with calling a lot of that harassment "assault". A lot of the harassment is not assault. That's why it's so hard to stop. The assault stuff is the stuff that the fbi would be called in on generally speaking.
    - tomp 8y ago
      Right, I agree. I assumed you were referring to swatting etc as mentioned in the article.
    - tomc1985 8y ago
      Parent is not equivocating harassment (or presence, as you seem to take it) as assault. They are simply stating that one often leads to the other.
- GhostVII 8y ago
  Just because something is bad, doesn't mean it is a problem. Murder is bad, but isn't a problem in most US cities since it doesn't happen that often. I don't think swatting happens enough to be considered a serious problem we need to worry about.
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Maybe it isn't actually that big of a problem?

by seany 8y ago

Maybe it isn't actually that big of a problem?

untog 8y ago

Maybe it is?

bilbo0s 8y ago

Internet crazies waiting for you at your home or place of employment, most definitely is a problem. Internet crazies swatting you because you got a portafort in fortnite, or some equally trivial offense like that, most definitely is a problem. And that's not even getting into the more sinister stuff that the fbi has to deal with.

tomp 8y ago
Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault? Also, if you put enough information online, all it takes is one crazy/creepy stalker/murderer to track you down and do anything, that's completely orthogonal to the general problem of "online harrassment".
- bilbo0s 8y ago
  >Then surely the problem isn't harrassment, but assault?... Woah, woah, woah. I said internet crazies showing up at your place of employment is a problem. That doesn't make it assault. For instance, the outrage brigade might show up to protest in front of the company where you work for a few weeks. This is their right as Americans, and I realize and acknowledge that. At the same time, I believe it is harassment. I didn't say we should do anything to stop it. I only said that it most definitely is a problem. And if it happened to you, I'd bet that right around the time your boss called you into his or her office to give you your final paycheck, you would start to think it is a problem too. I think you went about 5 bridges WAY too far with calling a lot of that harassment "assault". A lot of the harassment is not assault. That's why it's so hard to stop. The assault stuff is the stuff that the fbi would be called in on generally speaking.
  - tomp 8y ago
    Right, I agree. I assumed you were referring to swatting etc as mentioned in the article.
  - tomc1985 8y ago
    Parent is not equivocating harassment (or presence, as you seem to take it) as assault. They are simply stating that one often leads to the other.
GhostVII 8y ago
Just because something is bad, doesn't mean it is a problem. Murder is bad, but isn't a problem in most US cities since it doesn't happen that often. I don't think swatting happens enough to be considered a serious problem we need to worry about.

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