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Julian Dibbell (; born February 23, 1963) is an American author and technology journalist with a focus on social systems within online communities.Leonard, Andrew (January 22, 1999). The unbearable realness of virtual being. Salon.com
His 1993 article "A Rape in Cyberspace" Dibbell, Julian. "A Rape in Cyberspace." The Village Voice 21 Dec 1993. detailed attempts of LambdaMOO, an online community, to quantify and deal with lawbreaking in its midst. The article was later included in his first book, My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World. Dibbell has also written about Chinese gold farmers for The New York Times Magazine Dibbell, Julian. "The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer." The New York Times Magazine 17 June 2007. and about griefer culture for "Wired" Magazine. Dibbell, Julian. "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World." Wired Magazine 18 Jan 2008. He chronicled his attempt to make a living playing in his second book, Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot.
Dibbell graduated from Yale University, summa cum laude, in 1986. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School (where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review) in 2014. Dibbell now practices law as a partner in the Business and Technology Sourcing practice of the global law firm Mayer Brown.
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