Letters to the Editor
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Lots of Industrial Strength Idiots On The Internet
I have been on the internet for a very long time, now. I have had people offer to do unspeakable things to me, to my livestock, to my possessions and to relatives I don't have. I've been insulted and villified and harassed.
What I do is to remove all of my material from that venue and not log into it anymore. Period.
There are lots of other online venues and there is Real Life. Even though I have lots of links on linkedin.com, I suspect if I need a job, I will be talking to people I know personally. Even though I have tried dating sites, I find myself dating people in my social circle, not strangers from online.
I am sad that these women are shit magnets right now. That's a problem with being a young woman. Lots of masturbators get off on harassing them. But, they can save themselves a lot of time and grief by realizing that this is a small section of a large internet and they don't need that, or even the internet, to have successful careers and friendships in the future.