With every passing year I realize "Don't Feed The Trolls" is the worst decision the internet ever came up with. We let something disgusting fester thinking it was just someone trying to get a rise out of us. It wasn't a joke. It was never a joke. It was only pure seething hatred.
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Folks, there was no more "innocent" time for trolls. This is always what it was. This is always what it looked like. You just grew up.
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It's a day later and it's amazing how many people think I'm confusing the term troll for abuser, not knowing where the term comes from and what it was intended to mean, and not getting my overall point that it was always an excuse. But whatever. Column coming on the issue.
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I think that's right, but back in the old days of Usenet and listservers, 'troll' had a different meaning; it is much more broadly defined now. 'Don't feed...' was good advice then, not so much now.
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It was bad advice then too.
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The excuse always seemed to be that fighting back exacerbated the problem, which is probably exactly why the internet is a place by-and-large by-design without recourse for victims; victims are the ones perceived to create the need for moderation and punishment.
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In some cases it works. They give up after a while. Now I feel its not even about trolls. Its just shitty people being shitty.
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That's always what it was. You just got older and can see it for what it is.
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Interesting.On a "Hit or Fly" kinda situation 3rd option would be "play dead".That'd be "play dumb" here.And be smart about it. Childlike!Joyful! No troll can undermine that projected joy.I'm just saying Potter's Boggart the seat out of it. It's even fun.Good ol defense mechanism
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And the most common response to complaints about this harassment is "it's the internet, what do you expect? Toughen up or GTFO" as though the internet is still the wild west and as though this was ever okay in the first place. It's so fucked up.
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