If I were a foreign government looking to destabilize western democracy, this seems like a decent strategy: Viciously attack the nicest person I can find from a fake account that espouses all sorts of hateful fringe ideas that almost no one really holds.
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Totally agree on extracting whatever insight you can from even the worst-delivered feedback. But no reason to amplify the raw feedback beyond you and this troll’s handful of followers. I’m certainly no better off for having seen it.
Yes! Both @noahpinion & @juliagalef have made thoughtful arguments along these lines, which have made me block trolls more consistently. I like Noah's summary here: https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/939616714127392768 … Conversation is a commons, trolls spoil it, & that commons needs to be protected.
