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After looking at the Wired article by Roni Jacobson, one thing that really stuck with me was how long-term and personal online harassment can get. The chapter talks about dogpiling and harassment in a kind of “big picture” way, but her story makes it feel way more real. She explains how a random person online basically followed her for years, posting rumors about her and trying to mess with her life even as she grew up.
What hit me the most was that she didn’t even do anything to “cause” it — she was literally a kid when it started. It shows how the internet gives people this power to fixate on someone and keep attacking them from behind a screen, and there’s not always an easy way to stop it.
It made me realize that harassment isn’t just about one bad moment online — sometimes it becomes a whole pattern that affects someone’s safety, their mental health, and how they see the internet in general. The chapter talks about vulnerability and marginalized groups, but this article adds another layer: sometimes it’s not even about identity, sometimes people get targeted for no reason at all. And that randomness honestly makes the internet feel a little more dangerous than I thought.