The No. 1 thing I've seen actually help with online abuse is when the person has a good community or a strong support network that's savvy and that can help them.
I know that if enough people shout a falsehood, people start to think it's true and a lot of people don't do independent verification of everything they hear.
Vertigo's always been a label that experiments with new stuff and forms of subversion.
A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'
Our justice system is a punitive one that's there to sort of deal with what happens after someone's already offended.
It only makes sense that as our society becomes more and more integrated with technology, we'll start to see more cyborgs, grinders, biohackers - whatever you want to call us - thriving at the intersection of tech and body modification.
