The comments on the video of the girl throwing the puppies into a river are the impetus for this rant, but it's something that has been bothering me for a long time.
We all get mad when we see something like this, but the internet lynch mob shit only makes more pain and injustice in the world. I know it's exciting to hunt down someone assumedly evil, and cheer on the lynch mob (as I have done myself), but for every one successful evil doer you harass or bring to justice, there are many more innocent people's lives that are fucked up in the ham-fisted process. This video makes my blood boil too, especially since my own beloved mutt sleeping under my desk woke up and wondered where the puppy noises were coming from. It makes you furious, but you can't just post someone's information online in connection with something like this. I don't care if it's already on 4chan either, that doesn't make it ok to repost here or anywhere else.
I've gotten a few phone emails and calls from these wrongly accused people sometimes and it is heartbreaking. I've spoken with grown man who was crying and hiding with this scared family in a hotel room somewhere cause one of you dumb fucks posted a facebook link or phone number and now his kids know what a death threat is. The few I've interacted with have been polite (unlike the people who contact us to complain about a nekkid photo of their "friend" being linked here), and they just want the harassment to stop. Above all they are confused. They don't understand this internet world, and they have no idea why someone would do something so hateful to them.
This is not a new policy, but I just want to remind everyone that if you post someone's private info (including a link to their facebook or a link to any other site or image with their info) and one of the admins see's it we will remove it. If you keep doing it, we will ban your account. You are seriously messing with innocent people's lives and you have no right to do so.
TL;DR - Fucking quit it.
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