Cambodian Blogosphere and Cyberspace is, for the most part, a warm and supportive online community of Cambodians in Cambodia and spread around the world, ex-pats in country blogging about their experiences, and others like me who are interested in the country's beautiful culture.

Sadly, there is a dark side.  Read Jinja's post from last week about blogher Cambochica  (Angie Manzano) a writer for 'Off Our Backs' magazine and who was volunteering in country for Voluntary Service Overseas.  Her blog started to attract the attention of Darren Conquest (a.k.a. Lord Playboy, a forum moderator at www.khmer440.com, an online community interested in discussing tourist attractions. ) There were flames, nasty comments, personal attacks, and plagerism.  Jinja provides links and detailed accounts here and here.  (Lord Playboy's version of events is here)

Details are Sketchy, another expat blogher blogging from Cambodia, tells us that Lord Play