You may have logged onto LTLF today expecting to see some light-hearted satirical photo-captioning or perhaps even a full-throated rant about the sacking of Dougie Freedman, whether for or against. However, if this is the kind of thing you are looking for, I suggest you merely browse through the last four years’ archives, or arguably even further back. Just replace a few of the names and, let’s face it, it all amounts to the same thing [...]

With fan site eighteensixtyfive set to close after it's creators were racially abused on Twitter, Alex Walker tries to make sense of the wave of negativity and hatred that has swept over the online Forest community...