having the admins escalate to looking up IP addresses and contacting locals
How much can you narrow down my identity from a comment, I really have no idea? That'd probably only cause trouble for me, by the way.
trolled, attacked, or drama queened (anyone can say that they have contributions under another account)
There's really no reason someone couldn't do those things even if they did have contributions under another account. And I'm curious, what do you mean by "attack" other than trolling?
LWers attempting to follow up on his posted suicide note apparently did not solve the problem.
There is a difference between a suicide note by someone determined to kill himself and a plea for advice from someone who doesn't particularly want to die but might kill himself all the same. Your point about attempts to help plausibly backfiring still stands, though.
How much can you narrow down my identity from a comment, I really have no idea? That'd probably only cause trouble for me, by the way.
I don't know; it depends on the details. I know from my time as an admin on Wikipedia that we were often able to contact local authorities or family, often using IP addresses. (I imagine suicide is quite troubling too.)
There's really no reason someone couldn't do those things even if they did have contributions under another account.
It reduces the odds.
And I'm curious, what do you mean by "attack" other th
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