Now, dear reader, without expressing the gory details of this most unfortunate experience one can benefit from the pain. Again, I strongly recommend, be careful with the words you speak and the words that you listen to. Hashem desires that each of us should be protected from such unsanitary mouths and ears. First, those who are the target of such viciousness. To harm another's reputation is a grave matter as it is a most precious possession.
Damage is done on so many levels.
Respect, friendship, community, livelihood, even survival are all at stake. Second, the fly that carries the infectious words. The spiritual debt we incur can in a moment dash years of merit. It corrodes the protective aura that spiritual merit builds. A box will appear.