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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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
"Don't feed the troll" is general advice, it doesn't refer to people of a specific ideology or agenda. It just referred to not giving attention to the kind of people who would stir controversy purposefully just to get some. It's much older than the current wave or the alt-right.
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Replying to @simone_s_86
For the love of god read my other tweets before responding because I literally address all of that.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
I did and I still don't agree. Most of the time I've seen "don't feed the troll" used it wasn't in response to someone suffering abuse. It was in response to some idiot trying to start a flame war in a forum thread and someone else actually starting to argue with them.
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Replying to @simone_s_86 @FilmCritHULK
I'm not saying that use can't happen too, but it's certainly not the context for which the phrase was originally coined.
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I was there. It was used both for flame wars, AND for people suffering abuse. People couldn't distinguish. And still can't.
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