Warning to Sanders supporters: How to identify alert baiting and avoid it. [View all]

[Kurska]

Last edited Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:49 PM - Edit history (2)

I am noticing this employed a lot against Pro-Bernie folks so I just wanted to pass on a word of warning. A lot of people are intentionally skirting the edge of what is hide-able to try and bait out a response. They can be very good at this and know where the line is for most juries. I've seen a lot of posters get baited like this, respond in kind with a personal attack and get hidden. Realize that if someone is just barely not engaging in personal attacks, it might be they are trying to bait you. Such people are the first ones to hammer the report button the minute you slip up. That is the end game and their argument "win condition", they want you to lose your cool and get hidden. The winning move is to ignore them and walk away. You can't reason with them, they are just waiting for that chance to slam the report button and see your post vanish.

A very classic tactic is that they'll find someone they agree with and talk very rudely about you. Obviously about you, but not mentioning you to avoid being hidden. You see this and you'll know, they are trying to troll you.

Don't rely on context to help you. Think of every post you make in isolation. Juries often won't look at the 7 rude responses to you, they'll see the one time you get mad and hide you. A lot of fine things will be hidden if they are taken out of context. The sad fact of the jury system is that juries often don't bother to read long comment trees and may just judge an individual post.

I think this is especially applicable here, because some of the absolute masters of this craft have taken to trolling Bernie Sanders supporters. Ain't gonna name names for obvious reasons, but just look out for it.

I have been on A LOT of juries where I see this and 90% of the time it is someone doing it to someone who supports Bernie sanders, so yes this is a real thing. They take advantage of the obvious passion of his supporters to twist it against them.

I posted this in another thread and someone suggested I make an OP. I hope this group is okay with that. If not, feel free to lock it.

on edit; oh god the horrible typos in the title, sorry about that.