Thanks for those who support this blog
Hi,
I'm the author of "Five Before Midnight" and I appreciate the support that my blog has received from many of those who read it. I've received a lot of positive support for the blog from a variety of individuals and I'm thankful for that.
I enjoy blogging and have though last year I nearly quit because of a vicious round of what the federal and local agencies define as cyberstalking or cyberbullying. Both are violations of federal and state law.
It's actions taken by anonymous individuals with the strict intent of harassing, threatening and intimidating a blogger into silence. Several well-known cases involving female bloggers have come to light including that of Kathy Sierra who shut down her blog because of the harassment. She's hardly the only one.
These actions used by cyberstalkers include the following:
Slander(i.e. if someone says you aren't driving b/c you have too many DUIS which I've had).
Threats including sexual violence.(I had one poster say that I wished I would be handcuffed and raped by police officers. One posting said I should be shot on a list of liberals.)
Posts which make it clear you're under surveillance or they are keeping an eye on you. (this email and several blog postings.)
Porno fantasies(more of these than I can count)
If individuals who engage in this behavior are told to in writing or in person to stop the behavior and they refuse to do so.
[The individual or individuals who did the above in my blog has or have been admonished in writing that the posts or contact is to stop and they disregard it. In August 2006, I posted a written admonition on my site. Unfortunately since he, she or they didn't leave names so it's not clear whether this individual is the same one or a new one. Perusual, no real name or even a fake name was provided. ]
Sending harassing emails,
Trying to impersonate an individual when setting up an email account or Instant Messaging account.
Half of cyberstalkers target people they know. Half don't.
Some say that if you put it out there, you should expect it. But many female bloggers who have been targets of this cowardly behavior didn't blog about topics that were controversial. One of the most vile cases of cyberstalking I've heard of involved a woman who wrote about knitting on her blog. Sierra wrote about computer technology.
Unfortunately, being the author of this site hasn't always been pleasant. I've been the recipient of harassment, slander and threats on my site during most of 2006. It's an unfortunate part of being a blogger, particularly a female blogger who obviously has stepped on the toes of several insecure men and/or women who hate me and my site.
Last night, I received this email from an individual apparently to impersonate myself using my name and choosing an email so similar to my own, Yahoo had to do a domain check to make sure it wasn't a spoof email.
People have asked me why I don't enable comments. It's because even moderating them made me sick to my stomach. Obviously someone believed that using another outlet was necessary to get his, her or its point across.
This is the email, plus header information which indicates the path it traveled through the internet to get from the sender to me.
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Mary, Mary with shorter (yet still greasy) hair -e.
Why do you hate people so?
Do you truly despise others?
Or, perhaps just your mother?
Or, maybe...just yourself.
Bold, mine.
I'm the author of "Five Before Midnight" and I appreciate the support that my blog has received from many of those who read it. I've received a lot of positive support for the blog from a variety of individuals and I'm thankful for that.
I enjoy blogging and have though last year I nearly quit because of a vicious round of what the federal and local agencies define as cyberstalking or cyberbullying. Both are violations of federal and state law.
It's actions taken by anonymous individuals with the strict intent of harassing, threatening and intimidating a blogger into silence. Several well-known cases involving female bloggers have come to light including that of Kathy Sierra who shut down her blog because of the harassment. She's hardly the only one.
These actions used by cyberstalkers include the following:
Slander(i.e. if someone says you aren't driving b/c you have too many DUIS which I've had).
Threats including sexual violence.(I had one poster say that I wished I would be handcuffed and raped by police officers. One posting said I should be shot on a list of liberals.)
Posts which make it clear you're under surveillance or they are keeping an eye on you. (this email and several blog postings.)
Porno fantasies(more of these than I can count)
If individuals who engage in this behavior are told to in writing or in person to stop the behavior and they refuse to do so.
[The individual or individuals who did the above in my blog has or have been admonished in writing that the posts or contact is to stop and they disregard it. In August 2006, I posted a written admonition on my site. Unfortunately since he, she or they didn't leave names so it's not clear whether this individual is the same one or a new one. Perusual, no real name or even a fake name was provided. ]
Sending harassing emails,
Trying to impersonate an individual when setting up an email account or Instant Messaging account.
Half of cyberstalkers target people they know. Half don't.
Some say that if you put it out there, you should expect it. But many female bloggers who have been targets of this cowardly behavior didn't blog about topics that were controversial. One of the most vile cases of cyberstalking I've heard of involved a woman who wrote about knitting on her blog. Sierra wrote about computer technology.
Unfortunately, being the author of this site hasn't always been pleasant. I've been the recipient of harassment, slander and threats on my site during most of 2006. It's an unfortunate part of being a blogger, particularly a female blogger who obviously has stepped on the toes of several insecure men and/or women who hate me and my site.
Last night, I received this email from an individual apparently to impersonate myself using my name and choosing an email so similar to my own, Yahoo had to do a domain check to make sure it wasn't a spoof email.
People have asked me why I don't enable comments. It's because even moderating them made me sick to my stomach. Obviously someone believed that using another outlet was necessary to get his, her or its point across.
This is the email, plus header information which indicates the path it traveled through the internet to get from the sender to me.
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Mary, Mary with shorter (yet still greasy) hair -e.
Why do you hate people so?
Do you truly despise others?
Or, perhaps just your mother?
Or, maybe...just yourself.
Bold, mine.
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