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===Personal safety===
{{See also|Cyberstalking|Internet homicide}}
One consequence of blogging is the possibility of online or in-person attacks or threats against the blogger, sometimes without apparent reason. In some cases, bloggers have faced [[cyberbullying]]. [[Kathy Sierra]], author of the blog "Creating Passionate Users",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://headrush.typepad.com/ |title=Headrush.typepad.com |website=Headrush.typepad.com |access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref> was the target of threats and [[misogynistic]] insults to the point that she cancelled her keynote speech at a technology conference in San Diego, fearing for her safety.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-internet31mar31,0,4064392.story?coll=la-home-headlines | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625081401/http://www.imsafer.com/images/LAtimes_3_31_07.pdf | archive-date=June 25, 2008| title=Abuse, threats quiet bloggers' keyboards|last=Pham | first= Alex |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 31, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> While a blogger's anonymity is often tenuous, [[Troll (Internet)|Internet trolls]] who would attack a blogger with threats or insults can be emboldened by the anonymity of the online environment, where some users are known only by a pseudonymous "username" (e.g., "Hacker1984"). Sierra and supporters initiated an online discussion aimed at countering abusive online behaviour<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6499095.stm | title=Blog death threats spark debate |publisher=BBC News|date=March 27, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> and developed a [[Blogger's Code of Conduct]], which set out a [[code of conduct|rules for behaviour]] in the online space.