Girl Online

4 January

From Fairy Tale to Horror Story

Hello,

As most of you probably know by now, in the past couple of days, this blog and I have become the focus of A LOT of online attention.

A lot of very negative attention.

For the past couple of days, I’ve had total strangers posting lies and abusive messages about me all over the Internet.

And I’ve had celebrity gossip sites writing articles about me without even bothering to check their facts.

These people don’t know me.

None of you know me.

None of you know the truth about what really happened to me.

And yet you all think you have the right to post an opinion or call me names.

I’ve only ever been completely honest on this blog. That was the whole point of it—so that I had somewhere I could totally be myself.

Everything I’ve ever written here has been the truth.

Or the truth as I’ve been led to see it.

I didn’t know Brooklyn Boy’s true identity. I knew he was called Noah and I knew he liked music, but I didn’t know that he had a record deal and I definitely didn’t know he was in a relationship with someone else.

If I’d known that I never would have gotten involved with him.

I was lied to.

I’ve had my heart broken.

And, on top of all that, someone found out about this blog and leaked my identity.

When it all happened, it felt as if my world had ended.

For so long this blog has been my safe place—the one place I felt I could talk about my innermost feelings and not be judged.

But in the past couple of days I’ve seen how shallow the online world can be.

It’s a world where people think it’s OK to hide behind their screens and their usernames and say poisonous things about a person they don’t even know.

And even websites like Celeb Watch think it’s OK to print a story without checking the facts first.

Today, Celeb Watch contacted me for the first time since running their story on me.

They asked me if I’d like to do an exclusive interview with them about my “relationship with Noah Flynn.”

They told me they’d pay me $20,000 for it.

They also said that it would be great for raising the profile of this blog.

Like I want my profile raised by a bunch of liars.

The fact is I would never sell a story on anyone, let alone someone I love.

Even if they really hurt me.

So, to finish my last blog post on this site, I’ve got just one more thing to say.

Every time you post something online you have a choice.

You can either make it something that adds to the happiness levels in the world—or you can make it something that takes away.

I tried to add something by starting Girl Online.

And for a while it really seemed to be working.

So, next time you go to post a comment or an update or share a link, ask yourself: is this going to add to the happiness in the world?

And if the answer’s no, then please delete.

There’s enough sadness in the world already. You don’t need to add to it.

I won’t be posting on here anymore.

But to everyone who added to my happiness while I did, thank you so much—I’ll never forget you . . .

Penny Porter aka Girl Online xxx