Webchat with Jon Ronson, Tuesday 24 March, 8-9pm (See post below re: time change)

[RachelMumsnet]

The peerless Jon Ronson is joining us for a webchat on Tuesday 24 March from 8-9pm. Jon is an award-winning writer and documentary-maker, as well as being a regular at Mumsnet events. He followed up at BlogFest 2013 with an equally brilliant appearance at our recent Mumstock event, where he spoke about his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed.

The book details his experiences of, and involvement in, the various Twitterstorms that have blown up over the past few years, which he connects to the historical tradition of public shaming. He interviews infamous shamers and shamees, exploring how public ridicule and vitriol can have devastating consequences for all involved. Did the individuals who made one offensive joke on Twitter deserve to have their lives ruined?

Join Jon for what will be a fascinating and entertaining hour on Tuesday evening between 8 and 9pm. Don't worry if you're unable to join us at that time - you can post your early bird question for Jon on this thread right now.

Pray for me. And sorry if I didn't get to your question but I got to almost every one... xxxx

Hope Daily Show goes well! And very glad things worked out for Lindsey Stone.

Thanks Jon!

I've just read your book and found the whole Mexican Wave thing really interesting. The obsession with trending and being part of something - even if it's something as benign as a white and gold/blue and black dress. I guess this isn't going to change but do you think people will see through public shaming on the internet/twitter and it will be seen as something that's no longer cool to be part of and should be avoided?

Thanks Jon, you're a great human too!

Thanks to everyone who's joined us tonight and massive thanks to Jon for taking time out of his massively hectic schedule. Hope the Daily Show was a success. Apols in advance to anyone who has just joined us and didn't get the message about the time change today. Do read the webchat as Jon managed to get through most of the questions this evening.

I wish we got the Daily Show in the UK

Ah bollocks. I was here on time 10.00 (one hour ahead of uk) and tis all over. First bloody time I didn't mumsnet during the day, that'll teach me. So missed the time change. May well have been fortuitous as I am needy.
Have spent last 20 minutes catching up though.
Thank you for answering my questions anyway Jon. I did my first post before my reading all-nighter so yes, the book is much more well-balanced than the newspaper edit. That said, I would have liked to have asked more about it, I don't know the woman from Adam, but found the Oleanna allusion in another interview fascinating. Good luck with the book tour. Oh and you looked fab as a woman, okay, not as fab as Eddie Redmayne but better than Dustin Hoffman

Thank you, Jon! Hope the show went well - come back soon :)

Aw that was one of the best Webchats we've had I think. Jon was really honest and human. Really enjoyed it, thanks all!