El hombre más odiado de internet

I've been on the internet since the AOL days... a long, long time ago. I learned even back then that people can put on a facade --- and you'd never know real from fake. Ultimately, though, even if they pretend to be something else, it's still themselves they're exposing.

Hunter Moore wanted to "pretend" innocence. He wanted to assume a persona where he could hurt others and laugh at their expense without reprecussion. Thing is, the more you wear a mask, the more the mask actually becomes who you truely are. The fake becomes the real. The "faux" bully becomes the real bully. And that's the way of it.

The documentary exposes how much of a bully Hunter Moore honestly was / is. It takes us step by step on how the website came to be, how it grew into a monster, and how, at the heart of it all, was Hunter uncaring, unmoved by any sympathy and in the end --- how he paid for being the monster he'd grown into.

Most reviewers want to say that this is a lesson on not posting stupid stuff on the internet. They're missing the point. The real lesson here is that our culture wants to reward the bad-boy and so we "pretend" to be that.... not even aware of the fact that the more we play this game.... the more truely despicable we actually are. Hunter played the bad-boy.... and it cost him several years of his life in prison. If you think that's "fun" --- If you think Hunter is admirable and someone to follow --- then you really haven't paid attention to the real cost at the end of that road.

What is actually unsettling in watching this is not the damage done to so many lives, but rather, seeing how many people sidled up to Hunter --- whether claiming to be part of his "family" or by simply making a spiteful comment at IsAnyoneUp --- how many people are actually that rotten to the core.... and don't even see it. And probably don't even see it after reading this.

This series shows you how one woman made a difference in not only stopping Hunter Moore but shutting down his website. Very well put together and worth your time in watching it. People like Hunter Moore are a low life piece of crap and need to be stopped. Protect your cell phones by getting hacked by adding more protection and be careful of what apps and websites you go to on them.

My friends told me this this was coming up. As someone who's nudes were also stolen (hacked), put on that website, and harassed through social media for months, the documentary did a very good job in recreating and showing the nightmare that many of us had to live through when he was up and going. People forget that back then, camera phones had limited memory. People also forget that early iPhones could only send media through email. There was no cloud and people stored photos in email.

IAU was all fun and games until you were on it. Your phone number, address, and social media linked. You were constantly flooded with messages to kill yourself.

Most people aren't familiar with how big this got.

Although I won't watch this again, I'd recommend this to watch so everyone can become familiar with one of the darkest times of the internet.

This Hunter "person" is quite disgusting. What an a$$hole he is! Nasty little troll. Since this time in the Internet world...I do hope some have woken up. NOTHING is private or safe on any device. I used to think the only safe computer is one that's unplugged. Now I believe the only safe computer is one that smashed to bits! If you want something wether a moment or life that's intimate and private to stay that way, then do it in the privacy of your own home. No phones, cameras or security systems on because if it's digital in any way it's somewhere FORVER! I mean let's get real, the cloud is just another computer somewhere filing away you life. Period. And so funny to me that this genius of a man who had amassed so many followers, and claimed to make so much money off his filth, lived with his parents haha. #HunterMooreIsAJoke.

The reviews for this documentary are very telling - so many dismissing the victims as whiney, or victim blaming, or disbelief that they were hacked, despite the FBI proving this to be the case. I've seen a few documentaries recently that suggest the world is better for women than it was 10-20 years ago - these reviews suggest otherwise. It's unbelievable the attempts to deflect from the real issue here - the innate misogyny amongst some men, and the way some behave when they believe they can. That's an alarming thing and an important lesson.

Unlike the posters here mocking the mother, and some even saying she and Hunter were as bad as each other (no, no they weren't), she's the best I've seen in a documentary for a long time. Yes, she's wealthy and had the time. But she did what many would not have done - after the situation was resolved for her daughter, she continued to gather evidence and support victims and raise it with the FBI and journalists and anyone who would listen. We need more people with that kind of dedication. We definitely need fewer people like Hunter and his fans.