Comments on: Social media and people power

By: Andrew Straw

Andrew Straw — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:33:42 +0000

When my virtual law firm (Indiana, because I am admitted to practice there) gets organised this year, one big area of work will be online harassment and libel. Talk about a mountain of work!

By: Clare Curran

Clare Curran — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:03:34 +0000

@Blair. What’s your point?

By: Blair Anderson

Blair Anderson — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:41:15 +0000

I didnt mean delete everything? How are we doing?

By: A Mother

A Mother — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:45 +0000

It is but I won’t write my own name due to being a solo parent and the fact I’ve spoken out against the TIA, look at what happened to the others. Don’t want to cancel my phone due to abusive phone calls from the public, or abuse hurled at me in front of my children.
Am enjoying the holiday and get a mini break next week when the children go to their Dads.
Hope your enjoying your hoildays too.

By: Spud

Spud — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:00:18 +0000

@ A Mother – that’s terrible, I guess that’s the trouble with not writing under your own name, thieves

On a happier note, I like this site too, I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season.

By: A Mother

A Mother — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:22:27 +0000

@Olwyn
Thats why I only post on this site. Other sites seem to have that kind of thing wide spread.I have however read other sites and found a post I put in here on there under someone elses name. Very annoying.
Oh well, I suppose they liked it.

By: Olwyn

Olwyn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:17:21 +0000

Thanks for clarifying that Clare – I am clearly not up with the play. I have seen references to trolling but had not taken them in. Abuse, etc, is a bore, but less disturbing than a flood of calculated outrage or praise, designed to “create the narrative” so to speak. The mainstream media seems very much into creating the narrative these days, and chat rooms offer an alternative where genuine exchanges of information and debate are possible.

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:46:02 +0000

@ Kyle Foster: what do you want? Mindless schmaltz? Does it occur to you that Red Alert posters have probably organised a holiday roster so that there is something new each day.
It’s Clares’s turn? Be nice if you moved on…

By: Kyle Foster

Kyle Foster — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:10:38 +0000

This is hardly Christmassy? Hope your taking a break. Be nice to see no posts for a while so we know you’re not a machine!!

By: Clare Curran

Clare Curran — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:48:20 +0000

@Olwyn. It’s also happening on Red Alert, and it’s called trolling (in the cybersphere). A number of people try to use different IP addresses to flood this site, and others, with comments in a similar vein. To take the discussion off course and to generally be offensive. I plan to write something over the summer on trolling as I think it would benefit more of us to be aware and to be vigilant.

I want Red Alert to be a place where people can comment safely knowing they wont be abused and have to read offensive unecessary drivel.

So thanks for your comments over the year Olwyn and keep coming back.