I wish I could downvote, but I don't havethe "karma" and it appears the original post was deleted. That's like saying Sure you can go to school, but if you do, don't be surprised if you get bullied. The internet frankly is/is becoming a "right" to have, and being told that using that right justifies this crap is crazy.... So....I'll just have to upvote your comment, I was actually afraid to click on the comments for this post, (I keep hearing crap about how HN commenters are the worst), Fortunately for the most part people were empathetic, and not complete "jerks". I am thankful for that. Unfortunately there are/always will be those that pull this kinda junk.
I seem to vaguely remember Codinghorror talking about the various ban types. In some ways it would be nice to see that kind of thing implemented for people that keep doing this, it wouldn't prevent the real life attacks, but at least online could be prevented, and in some cases if you don't get any traction online, well....it might just stop there (for that troll anyways). You can't stop all the crazies all of the time, but you can (maybe) stop some of the crazies some of the time..... This got really long, sorry, but I just get really sad when I hear about the harrassment, and needed to vocalize it.
I seem to vaguely remember Codinghorror talking about the various ban types. In some ways it would be nice to see that kind of thing implemented for people that keep doing this, it wouldn't prevent the real life attacks, but at least online could be prevented, and in some cases if you don't get any traction online, well....it might just stop there (for that troll anyways). You can't stop all the crazies all of the time, but you can (maybe) stop some of the crazies some of the time..... This got really long, sorry, but I just get really sad when I hear about the harrassment, and needed to vocalize it.