STALKER: Jason Feingold

Can you believe that InV Daily would publish an article about how to combat their own neighborhood stalker Jason Feingold? Clearly Ammon must know that Jason is known for dropping chat sniffers, stalking people, and harassing them with alts. He is jealous of their success. He has never recovered from the demise of Club High Energy which he ruined.

We have been getting a lot of great reports from a few people who Jason Feingold has been stalking, however when we approached them and they all declined to comment on it. Unlike InV Daily that would use anything they hear we actually respect people's requests not to be included in our reporting.

If you are currently being harassed by Ammon Pera, Jason Feingold or any or the other freaks of nature over at InV Daily, please reply to this posting! We want everyone to know all about it and show you our support!!

Thank You Ammon Pera for the Public Service Announcement!

InV Daily did us a favor and posted on how to handle stalkers like Jason Feingold just today. We decided to include a copy here for your enjoyment.

Cheers!

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As we've recently seen, stalking can happen in Second Life, just as Real Life. We've witnessed people obsessively seeking real life information on staff in an effort to intimidate them and sharing that information (true or false) in-world and on blogs. The same people have constantly checked profiles for any changes, made it a point to show up at venues where these people are and posted degrading and untrue information on blogs. Individuals involved in the stalking have threatened staff on several occasions for the simple act of keeping a publication running.

While inVd has no plans of changing it's style, we have chosen to offer you advice for what you can do if you are stalked by an ex-lover, competitor or someone else who thinks you have ruined their life.

First, make no references about the person, on their blog, in IM, or in public chat. Doing so will give defense a case that what is happening is a spat, not harassment, and investigators see this and often won't even look into a stalking claim if it is perpetuated.

Second, document, document, document. Turn on public chat logging and keep your IM logging on. Take screen shots of everything your stalker does, in case it's taken down. Get a notebook and write down everything with dates and times. Police expect you to have documentation of several incidents. One or two incidents is more likely to look like a fight than stalking.

Third, File abuse reports with Linden Labs. You might not get anywhere with the Lindens, especially if alts are involved, but your abuse reports can be subpoenaed for use in a trial.

Since we're in a virtual setting, there are certain steps you can take to protect yourself.

1. Don't give your real life information to anyone. You can see that there are some pretty crazy people out there. Some of them seem completely normal at first.

2. Don't share RL pictures. RL pictures can be used to find you if someone happens to figure out where your location is.

3. Don't use your RL name for your avatar name. This makes it easier for someone to find you in RL.

4. Keep as much as possible in-world. If harassment comes in-world, the Lindens will eventually address it. If it's out of world, they won't.

For both worlds, keep the number for your local law enforcement on hand and a phone with you in case your stalker shows up. inVd posted early in its creation about a woman who broke in to her ex lover's house and hid in his closet. Deadbolt your doors, change your phone number if necessary, alert your neighbors and try to keep enough money on hand to fund a stay in a hotel if necessary.

Unfortunately, stalkers can begin to base their self-esteem on their victims. The victim becomes their life. The obsession can go so far as a need to kill the victim. This carries over to virtual interactions as well. Take steps to protect yourselves before you find yourself in a position where the line between SL and RL blurs in a horrible fashion.

Stay safe
Posted by Ammon Pera