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n2doc

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3. I see this happening more and more often in the future

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 11:01 AM

Oct 2013

Looking through almost any comments section, you will find the most vile, hate-filled racist crap being spewed. Doesn't really matter what the site is about-sports, cooking, weather, etc. The onslaught here at DU is obvious, even though the trolls have to be more clever as outright sewer-spew gets banned pretty fast. The effort required to keep them down is pretty high, it seems. I can't see a non-political site wanting to put that much effort into it.

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For shame: Trolls defeat Scientific American, Popular Science [View all] cyberswede Oct 2013 OP

Her blog entry is back on SciAm's site. n/t JimDandy Oct 2013 #1

Yes...I should have included this update cyberswede Oct 2013 #2

I see this happening more and more often in the future n2doc Oct 2013 #3

I agree. It's a shame people can't be more mature. cyberswede Oct 2013 #4

It's also very difficult to have truly science based discussions online. HuckleB Oct 2013 #5

I'm glad Dr. Lee decided not to work for free. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2013 #6

You're right cyberswede Oct 2013 #7

Censor those "trolls and spam-bots." proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #8

"A scientist hits out after her views are misrepresented in an article on GM crops" in the COMMENTS. proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #9

Imagine the comments this might deservedly inspire. proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #10