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    Author’s note: Kelly Ellis reported to us that she’s being targeted by 8chan, a community of internet users who tend to “doxx” or attack people online. We have removed the links to her Twitter account and her Twitter embeds for Ellis' safety.

    Yeah, great. It’s not like her real name, literal quotes from her twitter and a picture from her Google+ make it trivial to track her accounts down. I’m sorry, but if they intend to protect her, they should redact her name, rephrase her quotes, and remove her profile picture.

    Now they’ve just pointed out where to go if you want to join ranks with people upset with her statements.

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      She made her Twitter account protected now, but it looks like she’s justifiably quite upset over the amount of rudeness and harassment she’s been receiving - and not just from 8chan; journalists and other 3rd parties have been blowing up her phone with misguided judgments and intrusive questions, too. It’s depressing how typical this situation is for high-profile harassment cases.

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        It’s not even just rudeness, they’re trying to dox her.

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      Useful article, I’ve also moved away from the ThinkPad + GNU/Linux combo in favor of a Macbook running OSX but I find myself missing certain things sometimes. I’ve never run a BSD on real hardware, but looking at eBay’s listings suggests that a setup like this might be ideal for me. Bookmarked.