try pushing defamation through a cival court as it cant be in a criminal court and see what it costs lol ,plus it takes alot more than some slanderous remarks on a message board before a court will even bother with it ,it would have to be a serious case where a person basicly stalked the same person with slandering for along time to get anywhere and even if it did reach court ,9 times out of ten the person taken to court will be low income or on the dole ,iv seen it happen slap on wrist at best ,and the company that took them to court lost thousands in the process in legal costs ,this happend to a guy i know from this town a company he worked for took him to court as he was slandering there name bigtime for over a year ,he got of with it and the company that took him to court lost over 100k in legal fees .