Jon Michaelsen's Blog: Ramblings, Excerpts, WIPs, etc. - Posts Tagged "matthew-darringer"
Online Bullying/Stalkers, Fake Ids, etc.
Online bullying has been a growing phenmomenon over the past few years and writers/authors have certainly not been immune.
Author Ryan Field recently brought up the topic via his blog: http://ryan-field.blogspot.com/2012/0...
Author/popular blogger Matthew Darringer (http://matthewdarringerwrites.blogspo...) often addresses this epidemic via his blog, writing about people behind fake online Ids, presenting themselves to be "one" thing to the online social public, but acutally "something" entirely different, whether to spur sales, create controversy or gain attention.
Regardless, I don't feel we've heard the last of this as "victims" come forth and seek to prosecute those who hide behind "screen" names to taunt, bully, smeer, someone's reputation online, whether that be a writer of fiction/non-fiction, blogger, etc...
Author Ryan Field recently brought up the topic via his blog: http://ryan-field.blogspot.com/2012/0...
Author/popular blogger Matthew Darringer (http://matthewdarringerwrites.blogspo...) often addresses this epidemic via his blog, writing about people behind fake online Ids, presenting themselves to be "one" thing to the online social public, but acutally "something" entirely different, whether to spur sales, create controversy or gain attention.
Regardless, I don't feel we've heard the last of this as "victims" come forth and seek to prosecute those who hide behind "screen" names to taunt, bully, smeer, someone's reputation online, whether that be a writer of fiction/non-fiction, blogger, etc...
Ramblings, Excerpts, WIPs, etc.
Jon Michaelsen is a writer of Gay & Speculative fiction, all with elements of mystery, suspense or thriller.
After publishing sevearl short-fiction stories and novellas, he published his first novel, ...more
After publishing sevearl short-fiction stories and novellas, he published his first novel, ...more
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