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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      So, Twitter can help, but not with real threats of injury/assault. It should make it much easier to block/mute a coordinated attack.

      3 replies 8 retweets 19 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      Block/mute harassment? Yep. If someone *calls* for mass harassment, sure, ban them. But if small number kicking up dust? Ignore & move on.

      3 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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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.

      1 reply 7 retweets 23 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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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.

      2 replies 25 retweets 45 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      Nobody will listen to me but if someone is being rude, mute them & let them speak into the ether. If you want to answer, do it in long form.

      3 replies 11 retweets 40 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      Twitter should step up helping mute/block coordinated harrasment campaigns. But often it's not just supporters of your "political opponent."

      2 replies 11 retweets 16 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      It's like rubbernecking on a car wreck. Among millions, there are just people who will jump in & fan the flames. Wide reach comes with this.

      1 reply 10 retweets 23 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      It happens on left & right. Any group who can't learn to deescalate online vicious fights will become nothing. Seen it globally, repeatedly.

      2 replies 24 retweets 44 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      I also know nobody will listen to me. 😟 This is all of political history. Still, it's 2016. Takes few to cause what appears as a big ruckus.

      2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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      Articles on how vicious online infighting helped destroy youth liberal dissent in Egypt. http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/02/07/twitter-devolutions/ … http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2014/12/30/you-cant-stop-signal …

      2 replies 29 retweets 38 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016

      Especially with pseudonymity at scale, like on Twitter, inability to deescalate will ruin whatever movement you think you are building.

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        1. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf 25 May 2016
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          inability to deescalate doesn't just kill collaboration for a movement, it kills it for a generation

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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          If you are a friend, urge deescalation. Don't jump to make accusations. If falsely accused, condemn the threats while defending yourself.+

          1 reply 12 retweets 16 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2016
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          But urge your friends to deescalate and not make broad claims without evidence. Starve vicious infighting of attention so trolls go away.

          1 reply 11 retweets 14 likes
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        1. The Dark Matrix‏ @DarkerMatrix 25 May 2016
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          unless you're only trying to escalate... like trump

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