Kind of but without spoiling anything that was mostly conjecture by the general populace. A lot of the scenes where Motoko is on the VR-esque message boards are

Kind of but without spoiling anything that was mostly conjecture by the general populace. A lot of the scenes where Motoko is on the VR-esque message boards are other people speculating on the Laughing Man's motives. Edit: Though on quick second thought I think there is at least one instance where he does contact her in that space.