Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Director of Digital Humanities, Michigan State University

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She’s at it again. I’ve just gotten an email message from tagged.com asking me to confirm my new account with them. I didn’t sign up for any such account. And it’s the same bloody email address this kid has been using, over and over again.

Do I:

  1. Write to the abuse folks at tagged.com and ask them to do something about this?

  2. Confirm the account, log in, and:

    1. Attempt to figure out who she is, in order to get her to cease and desist?
    2. Post all manner of unseemly stuff about her love for Laura Ashley dresses and the Anne of Green Gables novels?
  3. Just delete and ignore?

I think my judgment may be off here, as I’m feeling quite wrath-of-webgod about it. So your advice would be most appreciated.

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