"Your supporters are sending me death/rape threats." I believe that in many high attention cases, it's trolls on standby who are jumping in.
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I've seen it elsewhere. If folks can't figure it out—and spend so much energy in fights with little basis—it will destroy online politics.
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In many countries vicious online infighting destroyed what was left of the dissident energy. It's part of the arc of movements losing steam.
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I've been exploring para-sociality in online activism. It's easy to think there's reciprocation when there's not.
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we should talk - me too!
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In this case, it's someone dressing up a windmill as a giant. So you can don quixote right in. Not a reciprocal fight.
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