NYTimes article on web trolls

Read the whole article here.

This was the most interesting thing I’d read in a long time. The author obviously did a lot of research, and it’s very accurate; I don’t generally go into these sorts of articles (articles having to do with online/tech/internet related topics) expecting the writer to know more about the subject than I do, but that’s just what I got.

I have personal experience running forums, so I know that the one guaranteed way to get rid of trolls is to ignore them, and that’s essentially the conclusion the author came to. If someone goes to a Mac forum and posts a rant about how Windows is better than MacOS because “I can right click lolz” or something, and everyone ignores it, the troll will leave. If some idiot responds with a badly written, angry rebuttal, full of spelling errors (which is invariably what happens), that’s like setting out a feast for the troll.

Reading this almost made me want to write a story about these people. I found them very interesting, especially Fortuny.

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3 Responses to NYTimes article on web trolls

  1. says:

    every time you think you’re walkin’ you’re just movin’ the ground

  2. Lalo Marquez says:

    Hi, thanks for sharing. I wanted to read the full story but your link “Read the whole article here” isn’t properly made.

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