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because you put ppl at risk without any benefit. you could easily as said I believe I know who did this and I've turned that information over to the authorities.

what does the public or kerp gain by putting it out in public when you dont know.

yes he (kerp) can be held accountable (and should be hit immediately with a defamation lawsuit if hes wrong) but not everyone has the resources to do that.

look at reddit and boston bomber the person they accused killed himself..



> look at reddit and boston bomber the person they accused killed himself..

Do we know this was due to the Reddit misidentification? His body was found on April 23, after being accused on April 18, but he had been missing since March 16. I've never seen a definitive order of events given.

(I've no doubt such accusations _could_ lead to such horrible outcomes, but I'm not sure if we know they did here with certainty)




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