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ancianita

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27. No. I'm saying DON'T respond to trolls.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 06:39 PM
Apr 2020

Sure, post gifs to annoy them. Still, all that does is validate their presence. It's funny, though.

I appreciate your fair points.

I understand that you know the audience is way beyond the trolls, so your "sign in the yard" is a fair attempt to represent Democrats in her threads, and I'm glad you want to encourage others to engage with you. That engagement, however, to the audience you describe, can also have an unintended effect of their thinking that both Dems and Republican trolls are just as combative on the threads.

We don't have to be perfect. We can show off. But I like to think that the thread would be the kind that if Speaker Pelosi read it, she'd be proud of Democrats' superior thinking and standing up for our party's values.

Make intelligent points along with your gifs. Make other intelligent, fact-filled posts with links, as well; say, some links you pick up here. Mix all that up with pointing out to other readers how the anti-Pelosi posters can't or don't respond intelligently because it's not in their 'paid troll playbook'. Actually point out how fake they are, how they wouldn't even be in the thread if they weren't paid. Talk about their wall's content. Show them up as fakes. It's not enough just to react to their content.

For the wingnutties, demand links every time. When they get personal, ask questions about how far they got in school. Point out logic flaws. Make sure to remind them that when they post links, you will, too, because "that's how rational discussions work." You could add, "Take your time. We'll all wait." Stuff that shows the readers how deficient and toxic they are.

If you want to have fun nailing trolls, fine. You can complain to FB that they allow troll swarms, and document names, to pressure their action. Because in the end, the goal is to just investigate and report them. To get them out.

Thanks for your thoughtful post.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Great post! Anon-C Mar 2020 #1
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This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 #3
So Ancianita should post this valuable piece in GD. Hortensis Mar 2020 #5
You do realize that the media blitz against her is designed to create doubt on Biden and Democrats, ancianita Mar 2020 #9
This sentence Omaha Steve Mar 2020 #10
Thank you. ancianita Mar 2020 #13
"diacritical marks to pronounce their name" PatSeg Mar 2020 #4
P.S. And how does that indicate someone is a troll? PatSeg Mar 2020 #8
It's particular to certain farms, some still around from Eastern Europe. ancianita Mar 2020 #12
Thanks PatSeg Mar 2020 #15
i shall do. barbtries Mar 2020 #6
Great! Giving them no platform response hurts their effectiveness. The number of blocks is ancianita Mar 2020 #19
She should turn off comments. Facebook just the facts & mirror her official government website. Sunlei Mar 2020 #7
I love this idea. To "CUT" right into the current Trump bubble" is clever and necessary. ancianita Mar 2020 #11
I reported that dw roe. Mosby Mar 2020 #14
There are so many, aren't there. ancianita Mar 2020 #16
I noticed with some of the more PatSeg Mar 2020 #17
Yes. ancianita Mar 2020 #18
But that could also be their privacy settings Sugarcoated Apr 2020 #25
Yes PatSeg Apr 2020 #29
I do what I can to try get them to see reason, but most of the time I just end up lett my anger out. dustyscamp Mar 2020 #20
Who is THEM? Trolls are not real. You don't get that their very existence is to drain energy ancianita Mar 2020 #21
Yes! I've seen how they overwhelm the comments, vile ignorant comments Sugarcoated Apr 2020 #22
I hope you've explored a few posters' walls and notice how unreal and non-person they are. ancianita Apr 2020 #23
Couple questions: Sugarcoated Apr 2020 #24
No. I'm saying DON'T respond to trolls. ancianita Apr 2020 #27
Response to trolls: DBoon Apr 2020 #26
Good one! In the right context. ancianita Apr 2020 #28
PAID TROLLS ARE BACK TODAY. Pelosi posted her position about the IG's firing, and the ancianita Apr 2020 #30
K&R. Need to study this one. calimary Apr 2020 #31
Thanks. I'll do the best I can to answer any questions. It's Nancy now, then Joe later. We might ancianita Apr 2020 #32
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