{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6dab3ca4-41f5-4fd4-bba6-224ab53f5113/62ab6b8c1a3d0200145368d6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Reply Guy From Hell","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b79eac169562946fe952a8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Reply guys. Maybe you’ve got one, maybe you <em>are</em> one. If you’re a public person online, and <em>especially</em> if you’re a woman, you tend to attract a few fans or detractors who respond to every single thing you post. Sometimes those interactions can be obnoxious. Sometimes, they can be so much worse.</p><p><br></p><p>Today’s Cyber is about a reply guy from hell, a person who—for almost two decades—has used the internet to wage sustained harassment campaigns against multiple women. It’s a bizarre and disturbing story that involves Twitter DMs, revenge porn, and <em>Animal Crossing</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>On this episode of Cyber, Motherboard Senior Staff Writer Anna Merlan walks us through the story of the man who has been harassing women online for almost 20 years.</p><p><br></p><p>Stories discussed on this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gq8a/james-bell-cyberstalking-harassment-catfishing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">These Women Say One Man Terrorized Them Online for Years. Then, They Decided to Band Together</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p>","author_name":"VICE"}