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The Flip Side of Internet Fame

In the age of Google and YouTube, public shaming can turn anybody into a celebrity—or a fool.

 
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  • Posted By: news_editor @ 03/04/2008 12:36:05 AM

    Comment: So perhaps that is where the line of shame can end too! Perhaps, people can decide for themselves what must be kept private, and if they as I have been trashed in this way will see that it can't really kill them, they have to choose to die, and not die. If your message is that important that you are willing to risk this and take the heat you go on and say what needs to be said. If that doesn't stop it then you work around it and if that doesn't stop it you use other venues and still yet if that doesn't stop it you risk it all and let the whole truth out and then say to h*ll with it first make sure it is worth it to you, but we are actually responsible for what we do and say aren't we? We can all be shamed, that is true, it takes a person of integrity to get over it, it is unfortunate that while we are going through this kind of a thing some won't be able to just get over it. Thinking about that little girl that committed suicide over this, was it her fault or theirs? I think it is wrong, but like you say it can't be stopped, right? To stop it would be to censor free speech. So be ready to deal with it is all that I know to say. I suppose as writers we learn as we go.

  • Posted By: Cssndra @ 02/25/2008 4:32:57 PM

    Comment: And don't post your business online! Seriously! Does everyone think they have to be online in order to be a person? Do what I do - unplug. Spend a week without checking your email or your blog. It's refreshing. You might...actually have a conversation with a fellow human being.

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 02/24/2008 7:35:33 PM

    Comment: Seems like some ppl on this post are gold diggers....Having to look into a mans financial business. You know who you are.

  • Posted By: lahope @ 02/24/2008 9:10:02 AM

    Comment: Because of my dad's job, I grew up under the watchful eye of AEC security and learned long before the internet came along that there is no reliable guarantee of privacy; there are no secrets. If you don't want it known, don't do it. The flip side is be responsible for your choices.

  • Posted By: LisaJJohnson @ 02/22/2008 7:44:48 PM

    Comment: I use womansavers.com to check out guys before I date them.

    • Posted By: sjbrock80 @ 02/27/2008 19:37:45

      Comment: I use nastypornsluts.com to check out women before I date them.

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 02/24/2008 19:33:50

      Comment: Loser!

    • Posted By: DrZook @ 02/23/2008 12:58:46

      Comment: What a great idea for women like you who are too stupid to make up their own minds about someone else! You can now have another moron do that onerous task for you!

  • Posted By: LisaJJohnson @ 02/22/2008 7:42:24 PM

    Comment: I use womansavers.com to check out guys before I date.

  • Posted By: phiomalibumalibu @ 02/22/2008 4:06:14 PM

    Comment: Interesting how things can change. Places like flawbook.com and MYTRASHSPACE.com are pretty good sources. LOL

 
 
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