I was just thinking, could our discussion be considered cyber bullying? If he is “troubled” and that is the reason he does this, could what we are doing hurt him?
I definitely agree that we should not insult Joseph, and we probably shouldn’t openly speculate on his (or her, or their) motives, but it is not cyber bullying to point out when someone is carpet bombing a forum through multiple usernames, and to publish the offending usernames. Ideally it shouldn’t be allowed at all, but it seems that Joseph has a bit of computer knowledge which makes the deception harder to track. Furthermore, the various Joseph aliases have themselves engaged in cyber bullying in this forum, which can be very hurtful to the target if they feel “ganged up on.”