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To go on with my advice (that is, supposing
You need advice from me): Be careful about
The things you say and the people to whom you say them.
Avoid the man who asks too many questions.
No question but he’ll be a teller of tales;
An ear that eager can’t keep a secret for long,
And once a word slips out it won’t come back.

[Protinus ut moneam (si quid monitoris eges tu)
quid de quoque viro et cui dicas, saepe videto,
percontatorem fugito: nam garrulus idem est,
nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures,
et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 18 “Lollius,” l. 67ff (1.18.67-71) (20 BC) [tr. Ferry (2001)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/20802/

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 18 "Lollius," l. 67ff (1.18.67-71) (20 BC) [tr. Ferry (2001)] | WIST Quotations

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 6, 2025

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Drive away and never endure Tale-bearers: Whoever entertains thee with the Faults of others, designs to serve thee in the same Kind.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2057 (1727)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…

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Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ Jun 19, 2025

“There hasn’t been many turning points in the history of online bullying and harassment, but this is one.
“It’s not a threat to free speech but [to] consequence-free speech – speech that crosses the bridge into criminality. It’s not really over. It’s not over until he’s in front of a court to answer questions.
“He’s had one weekend of what everyone bullied on Tattle has had for years.”
Irish couple hold bullying website's owner to account
https://www.thejournal.ie/donna-neil-sands-sebastian-bond-tattlelife-6734991-Jun2025/?utm_source=thejournal&utm_content=top-stories
#Tattle #Battle

The full story of how the operator of gossip site Tattle Life was unmasked in an Irish court

Sebastian Henry Bond was tracked down by a crack team of investigators and lawyers during a years-long legal battle.

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Flipboard Culture Desk Jun 16, 2025

Tattle Life, an online gossip forum that targets influencers and celebrities, which has been described as "the most toxic place on the internet," may be on its last legs. An Irish couple, Neil and Donna Sands, sued the site for hosting defamatory and harassing commentary about them and unveiled the founder as a vegan influencer and author called Sebastian Bond (who also used the name Helen McDougal). Cosmopolitan explains the site's background, how much money Bond was making from it, and how he was brought to justice.

https://flip.it/I68_kA

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Revealed: Identity of Tattle Life's publisher is finally unmasked after 7 years, and it's a male influencer

The operator of Tattle Life, a cruel gossip website, has finally been unmasked in court after an Irish couple sought justice. His name? Sebastian Bond, and he's

Cosmopolitan

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Jul 27, 2023

Mozilla often get a bit of a hard time but this is spot on and a something no one else is doing. I Well done Mozilla. #Mozilla #hatespeach #tattle #opensource

Mozilla Foundation - A Community-based Tool to Block Hateful Content on Social Media

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/a-community-based-tool-to-block-hateful-content-on-social-media/?term=en&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=23-News-7-b&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Text_Block_Hateful_Content

> A civic tech organization in India, Tattle, is buckling up to grant users more agency over how to protect themselves and report online abuse.

A Community-based Tool to Block Hateful Content on Social Media

A civic tech organization in India, Tattle, is buckling up to grant users more agency over how to protect themselves and report online abuse. Tattle’s latest product Uli, enables users to block and report hateful content on their social media feeds.

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