My pick would be, dealing with the ‘wild west’ atmosphere. That being, before cyber bullying laws existed, you had bunches of people getting off scot-free with telling you to off yourself or call you a list of derogatory terms.

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    mistyping goggle instead of google would fill your pc with malware.

    edit - are cyberbullying laws really that strong? plenty of derogatory terms thrown around today.

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      Ah yes, the good old days of “can you help me, my internet is slow” and you find half a page of Internet Explorer toolbars.

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      They’re only as strong as long as there’s persistence. But, that doesn’t mean that when it is used, it won’t have an affect. People have been getting arrested and charged for alluring people to kill themselves online. Whereas, back then, it felt like quite an uphill battle because everyone would’ve just told you to block the person or close the IM window.