Daughter knows I've been flying low in Journal-land. I have not encouraged dropin readers, have turned off comments to keep the crazies away, and so on. So she was surprised that I allowed AOL to feature the froggy photo on the "AOL People Connections: Journals" main page. "Gee Mom. People are gonna click on that and they'll find you! You're going to get some weird stuff...."
Well, I have received some nice emailed comments, and some "weird stuff". There are a few very strange (read "immature") people out there. But, as I said to Daughter, I have two secret weapons that will keep them from hanging around very long. One, my journal is boring, and two, I don't allow comments, ergo, no billboard for their graffiti.
I have a third secret weapon which I will share with you all now. If you ever get foul, frightening, or threatening email, forward said email intact to abuse@(their-isp). If it comes from a netscape account, for example, forward it to abuse@netscape.com, and so on. Note that even if they use a temporary screenname, their isp can trace who set up that account/screenname.
State and federal attorney generals will crack down on especially egregious cases. You are never as anonymous as you think you are.
~~ Silk
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