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chrisa

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13. What I really hate is the overreaction to trolls.

Reply to mainer (Original post)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 10:00 AM

Feb 2014

Examples include not allowing anonymous user names (which can be faked anyways), or having "report" features to tell on people when they aren't necessary (while it's necessary to maintain a discussion on DU, on sites like YouTube it's just stupid and I doubt they actually look at any of them. They just count the number if reports they get and ban you at a threshold, which is even worse).

We don't need to be babysat to avoid Neo-Nazis, sexists, racists, etc. It's pretty silly. Just don't respond to the trolls and they don't get what they want.

What will Google do next? Demand a valid credit card and compare names? It's silly.

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"Online Trolls are Everyday Sadists" [View all] mainer Feb 2014 OP

very interesting. i think i am seeing an example right at this moment, lol. seabeyond Feb 2014 #1

I think this is quite valid looking at the comments on some websites particularly RKP5637 Feb 2014 #2

Yep, the Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel site is infested beyond hope. Scuba Feb 2014 #9

Oh Bingo!!! Faux pas Feb 2014 #3

I like youtube comments arely staircase Feb 2014 #4

Trolls just want attention, and it makes them feel less impotent. bemildred Feb 2014 #5

Something about the "anonymity" of the web ... 1000words Feb 2014 #6

No doubt. Rex Feb 2014 #7

Having just read "Trial by Fury," I have no doubt this is true mainer Feb 2014 #8

I can't even stomach reading the comments on YouTube, or polly7 Feb 2014 #10

There's obviously a difference between disagreeing with someone and trolling though el_bryanto Feb 2014 #11

There's also a difference between trolling and being a troll Fumesucker Feb 2014 #12

What I really hate is the overreaction to trolls. chrisa Feb 2014 #13

"Machiavellianism": An almost scientific-sounding word, made up by a giant media corporation. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #14

Anonymity has as many detrimental effects as positive ones. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #15

A troll used to be someone ... redgreenandblue Feb 2014 #16

Now, we deal with orchestrated political propaganda and harassment designed to disrupt dissent. woo me with science Feb 2014 #18

"This whole who-is-the-paid-shill witch hunt is disruptive nonsense. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #23

Denial of the flatly obvious. woo me with science Feb 2014 #24

repeating the same loony-tunes conspiracy theory whackadoodle nonsense geek tragedy Feb 2014 #25

Hard to believe some don't think this is happening. My brother sent me a link a couple of years ago Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #27

The sadism is why they vote against their own best interests. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #17

... woo me with science Feb 2014 #19

I put them on ignore. Done. Have never used ignore but, Life is too short Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #20

Yep. The bullshit is optional. Push the little X and away goes the bullshit. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #22

I can see the sadism in trolls. It takes a sad, pathetic, angry person to spend their time okaawhatever Feb 2014 #21

Wait a minute. This was an online survey. Marr Feb 2014 #26

Kick RobertEarl Feb 2014 #28

Kick zappaman Feb 2014 #29