Another watchdog topic I’m claiming is something that hits very close to home for me, Internet Harassment or Cyberbullying.  As someone who’s famous “without having anything really positive being said about him” (According to TV Tropes.com) I had more than my share of trolls and sites who seem to get their enjoyment out of life at my expense.  And I’m apparently not alone on this, which is why Lori Drew deserved every ounce of backlash, denigration, and ostracization for driving Megan Meier to suicide with her fake Myspace page.

Now someone actually hired this psycho hose beast and she’s asking legal permission to use the internet, again?!

Just like with that bank that fired their hero teller, I wouldn’t go to the business who has the ‘brains’ to give this bitch a job.  Especially with her rep.  Who knows who she’ll drive to kill next. Lori Drew should never be allowed to touch a computer ever again, much less one that’s connected to anything beyond a mouse and keyboard.

Every now and then I’m reminded of a little project i planned on doing, which I’ve entitled “So Not Teh Draema.”  It’s an counter-cyberbullying guidebook written by someone who pretty much understands what it is to be cyberbullied at levels above and beyond the pale.  I especially will focus on how to keep the assholes at arms length and to make sure that sites like Something Awful, Encyclopedia Dramatica, or even—please excuse me here—TV Tropes from commandeering public opinion of yourself.  (Hint:  Learn how to effectively block and hide flames, and have a business card-like web page with a yourname.com style domain.)

I haven’t really started on this book yet, mainly because I have other projects way ahead on it.  It’s something I do intend on writing because I feel it’s needed in this day and age.  I especially want to encourage the other Megan Meiers of the world and tell them that there is still hope, that the trolls do not have the monopoly on your image, especially your self-image, and that there are people out there who will not believe the same thing as the bitch who’s demanding that you should become an hero.

And before you ask, the grammatical error is intentional.