Online trolls can hide behind pseudonyms—until they're exposed, anyway—but can you really separate an online identity from your "real life?"
On Oct 18, 2012 by Nicholas White
Face to face with Anderson Cooper, the notorious troll says he did it for the karma points.
On Oct 18, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Also in today's Reddit Digest: George Takei needs you, and violentacrez wants a job.
On Oct 18, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Despite Reddit CEO Yishan Wong's recent statement on violentacrez, many moderators feel the site should be doing more to protect users.
On Oct 17, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Adrian Chen’s big exposé on Reddit’s violentacrez is proof that r/ShitRedditSays is winning the propoganda war over Reddit.
Plus: Violentacrez fights back and Gawker employees defend themselves.
On Oct 16, 2012 by Kevin Morris
The "His Name Was Michael Brutsch" fundraising campaign is trying to help the former troll, who was outed by Gawker, and his wife, who is disabled.
On Oct 16, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
"Violentacrez," whose real identity was revealed in a Gawker piece Friday, says he's been fired from his real-life job in financial services.
On Oct 15, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Gawker's Adrian Chen reveals the identity of one of Reddit's most powerful (and most controversial) moderators.
On Oct 12, 2012 by [email protected]
Infamous redditor POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS has been banned from the social news site for, among other offences, "creating a subreddit that disregarded the rules of reddit regarding sexualizing teens/minors.”
On Oct 12, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
We clear up four major misconceptions about the "inter-website war" between Reddit and Gawker.
On Oct 12, 2012 by Kevin Morris
A popular and controversial Reddit moderator went offline after learning Gawker planned to reveal his identity.
On Oct 11, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Plus: Reddit's most controversial user deletes his account, samurai in historical South America, and the Nobel Prize in physics explained for a 5-year-old.
On Oct 10, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Plus: a worm orgy, manipulating a virtual economy, and how to have good posture.
On Oct 8, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Meet the redditors who made a difference on the social news site this year.
On Dec 16, 2011 by Kevin Morris