I’ve been watching an episode of e-drama as it unfolded throughout the day. Apparently it all started when a girl posted in an advice community asking for help. The guy that she’s cheating on her boyfriend with has problems in bed. Of course it doesn’t just stay in that one community. Several of the snarkier communities catch wind of it and through their “awesome” deduction skills find first her Myspace*, then her boyfriend’s, and “The Other Guy’s” as well. The guy received at least 20 messages and comments informing him of her cheating ways, complete with screencaps. The girl claimed she was hacked, then deleted both the post and her journal. All of the parties involved in the triangle are 15-18. Age range of community members varies. Intentions of said members were mixed between those who thought he deserved to know and those who just wanted to cause problems for the “lulz”.
Were the community members justified in telling him about the post? If your significant other was cheating on you, would you want to find out from strangers?
[*Myspace is not a word according to Firefox. 
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This may sound mean, but that’s pretty funny.
Asking for advice, but then having the people you asked advice for tell your boyfriend. Yeah, I have an odd sense of humor. That sucks for the girl though.
By Alex on 05.24.07 10:10 pm | Permalink
i don’t think it’s right for those people to make such moves on the girl’s personal life. gossip-hungry people should be shot.
By preckie on 05.26.07 5:28 am | Permalink
That sounds really bad, people shouldn’t do that to others, it just hurts their feelings.
By Carrie Szczepanski on 05.27.07 8:16 am | Permalink
Wow. Well, anything you put online (whether private or protected) has a chance of being read by people that you don’t want reading your blog.
I try to stay away from online drama (engaging in, creating it, spreading it)… and refrain from blogging about the extremely intimate details of my life.
So many kids these days are blogging about everything in their life… but not thinking about the consequences in the future. Man, search engines keep a huge cache of stuff… LONG AFTER the sites have died.
By fruityoaty on 05.27.07 7:18 pm | Permalink
If you’re cheating on your boyfriend, don’t tell people online! It’s like telling people where you live, then telling them you’re going to be out all day and that the front door’s unlocked. Plain stupidity.
If you must talk about it, friends-lock it on your journal so that only those you really really trust can give you advice.
By Amanda on 05.28.07 6:36 pm | Permalink
If she’s stupid enough to post in an advice community - she could’ve signed up with another nickname, pretend her affair was her boyfriend, there are plenty of options to hide her real identity…? I don’t think that her boyfriend would have learned about her affair (at least, theoretically) if she had asked a close friend or someone she could trust.
Then again, maybe she thought the internet can be trusted
By Esther on 05.30.07 12:46 pm | Permalink
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