21 a. "Directed at" prong. Section 43A (a) requires that the Commonwealth prove three or more predicate acts of harassment that were "directed at a specific person." Mass. at 240. See McDonald, 462 The defendants argue that the Craigslist postings (two of the four acts supporting the harassment charge) were not directed at the victims, but were merely directed at the general public. This argument is without merit. As a factual matter, the jury clearly could have concluded that the "directed at" prong was met. While the defendants' methods were indirect, the false information in the Craigslist postings was intended solely to ensure that the victims were harassed as a consequence by unwitting third parties contacting them at all hours of the night by telephone and showing up at their home. Essentially, the "sole immediate object" of the false advertisements was to create a marketplace for the guaranteed harassment of the victims. See Giboney, 336 U.S. at 498. The defendants cite to Welch for the contention that statements made to a third party are not speech directed at a specific person. 444 Mass. at 92-93 (shouting abusive epithets in one's apartment and speaking in normal tone of voice to third party outside does not satisfy requirements of § 43A [a]). The defendants' acts in the instant case are appreciably different than those at issue in Welch. The Craigslist postings were the