The social network as a tool to isolate socially dangerous people

September 26, 2008

If you’ve a blog and you write about something more than technical tips and tricks, you know that many unstable people are out there reading your ideas. Most of your visitors do agree or disagree with you. Most of them are able to sustain a conversation.

However, some of them just offend, showing their racist/fascist/deeply sick side, a side that is possibly unknown to people frequenting them in the real life.

Another good example came today from a Irish psycho guest, who wrote:

“I AM PROUD TO BE IRISH AND TO INFORM YOU WE GONNA SPLIT ALL THE HEADS OF THE ITALIAN CUNTS WHO LEECH OUR JOBS IN THE FAIR COUNTRY IRELAND. I HOPE YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE TONIGHT. FINGERS CROSSED. GO BACK TO YOUR GREAT NAPOLI PIZZA MAN”

Is this dark side coming out just because of anonymity or is it something could one day explode in the real life, like in the sad Finnish case?

Whatever it is, I always suggest you to pin out their IP numbers, to track them down by using websites like this and to report them to their provider and to the local police, as I always did.

Being anonymous MUST NOT be an excuse for being dangerous.