This exhibitionist subculture that believes journal entries are fodder for mass distribution. Except in the Kaycee incident, the exhibitionism went and took a bizarre turn. Truth is, people should have caught on to the fiction. Sorry, but not even the best Linux hackers can make something that bypasses human nature. You never really know the person on the other side of the screen.
Virtual community is fine and all that, but real human interaction is far more satisfying.
If you want to reach out to a hurting person, you don't need a modem - there are plenty of hard cases in your own neighborhood. I have tried to cite here only the most obvious events in the timeline and leave speculation to others Chris Stamper has been through more dot-coms than a rabid venture capitalist. It's odd how so many sensitive, caring people only have compassion for those who can't make demands on their time. The other day, I was at lunch with a friend who spent the whole lunch in a self-righteous frenzy raving about mistreatment of workers. And then she tried to abuse the busboy for not bringing cream refill fast enough.