This suggests laziness is a big component of trolling, and that platforms could decrease it by making it take just a little extra work.
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Saying something in an essay gets you trolled less than saying the same thing in a tweet. Partly because an essay has a sort of reading-comprehension CAPTCHA, and partly because there's no easy retweet-with-comment for an essay.
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You also put more context into an essay than a tweet, so it’s harder to be misunderstood. (It’s not always on the reader’s intent / ability).
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also, the essays don't show the comments like tweets do, so I can't embed a response like this there:https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/1203423912920518657?s=20 …
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The American economy thrives on Bubble economies. See " Pop " .
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I find that my blog posts (~ essays) result in fewer *immediate* misunderstandings than tweets, but more in the long term. Are you sure you're not just seeing a similar effect, i.e. that the trolling is spread over a longer time period since readers are spread over a longer time?
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That is an interesting question. Possibly. But I think people misunderstand you for different reasons than they misunderstand me.
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meh, that has way less to do with the tweet/essay audience distinction and more with the fact that to make something as large as an essay become more coherent writer would have to supply all the context around some statement and comprehension increases.
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“reading-comprehension CAPTCHA”
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Writing essays also takes time - sorta autocorrect for less thought out ideas!
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dude trolling essay is just less fun
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