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Dot Dot Dot: The doxing mirror

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

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Infamous Reddit troll Violentacrez apologizes on CNN

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

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Redditors’ most embarrassing medical stories

Also in today's Reddit Digest: George Takei needs you, and violentacrez wants a job.

On Oct 18, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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Doxtober: Moderators plan strike after Reddit CEO statement

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

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Violentacrez, r/ShitRedditSays, and a seismic shift in how the Internet deals with nastiness

Adrian Chen’s big exposé on Reddit’s violentacrez is proof that r/ShitRedditSays is winning the propoganda war over Reddit. 

On Oct 17, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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Rainn Wilson stomps John Hodgman on Reddit

Plus: Violentacrez fights back and Gawker employees defend themselves.

On Oct 16, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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Redditors donate money to recently unemployed Violentacrez

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

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Reddit’s most notorious troll loses job after Gawker profile

"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

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Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, the biggest troll on the Web

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]

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Prominent user banned as fallout continues in Reddit’s creepshots scandal

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

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Clearing up rumors and hearsay as the Internet eagerly awaits the Gawker Reddit story

We clear up four major misconceptions about the "inter-website war" between Reddit and Gawker.

On Oct 12, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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Redditors declare war on Gawker Media

A popular and controversial Reddit moderator went offline after learning Gawker planned to reveal his identity.

On Oct 11, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Boob job record holder has examined 40,000 breasts

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

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How the Discovery Channel uses Reddit for marketing

Plus: a worm orgy, manipulating a virtual economy, and how to have good posture.

On Oct 8, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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The 10 most important people on Reddit in 2011

Meet the redditors who made a difference on the social news site this year.

On Dec 16, 2011 by Kevin Morris