Wooo! Maybe I shouldn't have started drinking!?
I'm not wasted or anything like that, just very very comfy, which was the goal.
But let's see, why did I put this in the Blogs category?
Oh, that's right, I was just interviewed by the Washington Post about on line harassment.
Since that whole mess of threats on Kathy Sierra, it seems people are starting to take notice of the on line world of blogs, and crap that people deal with from some very ignorant internet users.
I'm not saying what happened to Kathy is nothing, but I am saying it's not new.
Not by a long shot.
Long time readers of my blog know all about my almost 5 year ordeal with an asshat of a man who calls himself the godly one.
This man has threatened me with everything under the sun from private investigators watching me and taking my picture around the clock, to reporting me to child protective services, to stealing my son's pics off my blog and posting them on his forums where we are, sadly, not his only victims of his sick and deluded game.
So when I got an email from a reporter of the Washington Post, asking about on line harassment, well, I had quite a story to tell.
I spent about 30-40 minutes talking to the reporter by phone, answering all their questions about what it has been like for me and others that he chose to do this to.
I stopped giving a shit a long time ago about this moron. I laugh at him now.
He means so little in my life now, I can't believe I even gave him any power over me.
But the problem is, that there are sick idiots out there who do this to people on line, they find it fun, they have a hobby.
A hobby of belittling people, making false claims and threats against people. People they don't even know, will never know.
I was more than happy to tell my story if it helps at all in getting something done about on line harassment.
Code of conduct? Are you people serious?
Asshats who do this for fun, don't give a rats ass about a code of conduct. If they cared at all about people, they wouldn't do this to start with.
Do you really think having a code is going to make them stop?
So here's what I did. I stopped replying, I stopped paying him any attention. I kept documenting everything though. It's all saved to my hard drive and disc.
Because someday, there will be a way to stop them, there will be better laws to protect people on line, and threats of any kind, will be taken seriously by authorities.
So until then, I'll keep documenting and saving, and ignoring him when he shows up. No replies, no ack! here he is again. Nothing but saving his crazy threats.
In a way, I have to thank him.
If it wasn't for his sick game, I wouldn't be the much stronger person that I am now. I'm able to laugh about it all.
So thanks to my biggest fan, I think it's love.
Comments
That reminds me, generally speaking, about internetiquette.
I was over at fourfour reading his weekly ANTM recap, which is always hugely entertaining. Someone was spamming his comments and saying how much fourfour sucks and how much better he/she, the commenter, is at ANTM recaps, "come on over to my place and read me!" and posting their blog URL over and over.
So out of curiosity, I went there and read maybe 2-3 paragraphs. The atrocious spelling led me to believe the writer was probably 14 years old.
I could have been an asshat; it crossed my mind. I could have written a comment saying what I thought: "You suck, you can't even spell, you're not as good as fourfour, just give up now, jerkoff."
But I didn't do it. I just clicked shut the window and surfed away.
More people should learn how and when to shut their mouths on the Internet and stop meddling in shit that's not their business, and stop creating shit for other people FOR FUN.
Posted by: lattegirl | April 10, 2007 3:29 PM
If nothing else, I think the Code of Conduct is going to make people realize that the only thing these kind of assclowns want is for you to reply back, get angry, and get upset. Nothing pleases them more. I wrote about this on my blog last night, and if it helps me remember to just ignore, then it has worked in my eyes. Sorry you had to deal with all that though. It makes my plight seem so petty.
Posted by: Jules | April 10, 2007 3:50 PM
That's great, Kat! Do you know when it will be in the paper? And YAY for taking back your power!
Posted by: Leigh | April 10, 2007 7:24 PM
I remember all too well.
However, I agree about the conduct thing...it's only going to affect those people who choose to adhere to it.
Posted by: Belle | April 10, 2007 8:35 PM