Those definitions from wikipedia near the start are pretty good actually, and I think it’s good for people to recognize harassment on the online stage for what it is so as to best deal with. If someone is lying about you or verbally abusing and threatening you in real life, you might argue and debate for a while but if the person can’t be reasoned with (as they’re actually acting on another motive) then you would call the police or some sort of arbitrary party. Yet online it’s not so well know what to do and often more difficult, so perhaps people are just saddled with it?

That quote by Prof. Danielle Keats Citron is really spot on. Glad there are such sensible people out there!

‘The Nasty Effect’ is definitely a good way to describe that phenomenon where someone’s view of content is distorted by someone else setting a nasty tone. Something you often see on youtube videos’ comments.

Once again, this is an incredibly good article, hitting the nails of this issue right on the head.

That 80% of Halloween folk taking money is pretty high btw 😛

Thanks for the link! xx

You are correct David.

Thanks John. I think the internet is a good thing, it has opened up opportunities for a lot of people to do and learn about a lot of things they never would have had the chance to previously, but I think it’s the way some people use it that’s a problem.

I like how you connected the two Jon – our acting in virtual world, and our inner world, that expresses itself through our dreams… I also find the two very related, as with the physical barriers broken, our “spirit” can fly high and low in the virtual realm, just like in dreams. Thats why I guess people get more courageous doing and expressing things online than do offline, which can go both positive and negative directions (positive ones being for example the ability to share spiritual views, feelings or experiences that are not normally a topic for discussion in the society). Unfortunately, due to the stae of humanity as it is today, we find more and more of these bullies, trolls, etc, which really remind me of the egos running wild in dreams or nightmares.

Thank you David for bringing this to the light and unveiling its hidden mechanisms, especially in regards to spirituality!

Interesting to reflect on life “before the internet” and now life with it, it seems in many ways it is simply a new avenue for the expression of what we have within. But if you go a bit further and look into dreams it gets really wild!