The Year in Comments (Washington Post)

The Washington Post offers a round-up of the year in comments.

A Times commenter in rhyme

This is a charming remembrance of Larry Eisenberg, a prolific writer of limericks in the comments sections of The New York Times - and the comments section is filled with limericks in tribute! Writers like Eisenberg and Richard Luettgen make the Times comments worth reading.

Lawyer disbarred for online comments

"A former federal prosecutor has been disbarred for posting anonymous online comments about cases being handled by himself or by his office" - ABA Journal

What is a university obligated to do about online harassment?

A federal appeals court has kept alive a lawsuit from students of the University of Mary Washington who contend that the university did not do enough to protect them from online harassment.

Turning online harassment into art

I have seen several projects like this which try to turn incidents of harassment into art or commentary. It is a way to empower the recipients of online abuse. (I will try to dig out my other examples and add them here.)

This is from Wired: Commenting Back on Online Harassment by Making it into Art.