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>Are you suggesting that there are populated places that you can visit in real life where loudly shouting an arbitrary statement could not attract abuse? I'm s

• pessimizer 5y ago
  > I'm suggesting that if I were in a public place and had a person shouting obscenities at me everywhere I went... it's illegal harassment, and the person can be identified and prosecuted. What does "hiding" mean here? Not posting on twitter? Is this a law that will regulate bad words and not content? People would have far fewer objections to a blacklist of words you can't use in public. Is the problem with somebody following you around IRL shouting obscenities at you the content? Is somebody following you around all day shouting positive affirmations not objectionable?
  • micromacrofoot 5y ago
    It means essentially removing myself from the internet. No public social media and hiring a company to get myself (i.e., address and phone number) removed from public data brokers (you can do it yourself, but it means hundreds of unique forms to fill out). You seem to be hung up on "obscenities" but yes you are correct, it's not just obscenities... there are a lot of varieties of harassment. Following someone around and shouting anything at them is likely harassment IRL, but it seems less clear online when you can't conclusively determine if anonymous accounts are the same person.