[shadowgovt]

Slippery slope is absolutely a risk. Claims that a person transgressed should not be taken lightly.

... but in the presence of persistent harassment that will not cease online, tying the behavior to the person behind the behavior and bringing proper consequences to bear is the only regulatory system that actually works. There's a reason that you can be fined or imprisoned for trying to pull crap like that IRL.

But I am sorry that you were falsely accused. That is a possibility (both in doxxing attempts and in more "traditional" harassment).

False accusation is entirely possible, but it doesn't imply we just let harassers get on unchecked.

[2h]

> tying the behavior to the person behind the behavior and bringing proper consequences to bear is the only regulatory system that actually works

nope. trolling online is not a crime, so no regulations are needed. its the same as if someone walks up to you in real life and calls you a jerk. you dont get to do anything about that. you just move on.

[shadowgovt]

I think you're choosing an example that is lower-severity than the topic on the table.

If someone just walks up and calls me a jerk (and, well, we ignore the particulars of the words they used and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words), I agree.

If they do it every day, every hour, or call my house 24 times a day, I can legally compel them to stop.

[2h]

this is a user posting on an issue tracker, so your example doesn't hold either.