A term or concept · 2005 · Internet
The character is not the person
The pattern of locating and publishing a private address over a disliked fictional portrayal.
Escalation past the point of no return, and the reason the whole lane needs to exist rather than being left off the site as uncomfortable. The public is not attached to the person being targeted, which is the detail that makes it indefensible.
Same story, 3 other entries
Transnational fandom2001 → Doxxing the person, not the character2005 → Fandom wars2012
Where it sits
2000 2000-2009 · 2005 2009
Provenance · 2 source record(s)
- retrievableDoxxing and public shaming are the standard repertoire of morally motivated networked harassment (n=28 targets, n=9 platform Trust and Safety staff)Marwick, A. E. Morally Motivated Networked Harassment as Normative Reinforcement. ↗
- retrievablePeople judge harassment MORE justified and more deserved - though not more appropriate - when the target has done something. Retribution drives it (n=160, n=432)Blackwell, L., Chen, T., Schoenebeck, S., & Lampe, C. When Online Harassment Is Perceived as Justified. ICWSM. ↗
Connected · 3 out, 7 in
Doxxing the person, not the characterdepicts · 2005 · A mechanism or tacticSwattingcites · 2013 · A mechanism or tacticFighting about a stranger in a reply sectioncites · 2005 · A mechanism or tacticA glimpse mistaken for accesscites · 2026 · An event or momentSasaeng culturedepicts · 2000 · A term or conceptThe stalker statuteof the same time as · 1990 · A legal or documented caseSwattingcites · 2013 · A mechanism or tacticFighting about a stranger in a reply sectioncites · 2005 · A mechanism or tacticDoxxing the person, not the characterdepicts · 2005 · A mechanism or tacticThe sasaengcites · 2000 · A term or concept
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