Internet trolls tell unpopular political truths - U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum

Conservationist · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008

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In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. Early trolling was relatively innocuous, taking place inside of small, single-topic Usenet groups. The trolls employed what the M.I.T. professor Judith Donath calls a “pseudo-naïve” tactic, asking stupid questions and seeing who would rise to the bait. The game was to find out who would see through this stereotypical newbie behavior, and who would fall for it. As one guide to trolldom puts it, “If you don’t fall for the joke, you get to be in on it.”

NYT article: Malwebolence

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When it becomes taboo to talk about certain topics, much less tie them together in the kind of truth that saves groups from themselves, the only people who speak the truth are some outsiders (other outsiders are just loser posers). Trolls -- using anonymity, hacker technique for obscurity, and some basic psychological knowledge -- are information terrorists for the truth.

CORRUPT's reponse: in Defense of Unpopular Truths, Deceit is Honesty

Every time there's a mass shooting, people blame the guns, or the person. They don't stop to think that our society is declining and that to tell the truth of that is taboo.

Captain Trips · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008

Welcome to the grand central station OF trolldom :-)

That's what we DO here :-)

iamwhatiseem · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008

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TheLastBoyScout · #4 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008

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Originally Posted by Conservationist

NYT article: Malwebolence

CORRUPT's reponse: in Defense of Unpopular Truths, Deceit is Honesty

Every time there's a mass shooting, people blame the guns, or the person. They don't stop to think that our society is declining and that to tell the truth of that is taboo.

Hmm.. Is this merely a celebration of trolls or a justification for being one?

Either way, it's off base. Trolls have no more of a special affinity for telling the truth than do any the most behaved forum members.

Captain Trips · #5 (**permalink**) 08-01-2008

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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout

Hmm.. Is this merely a celebration of trolls or a justification for being one?

Either way, it's off base. Trolls have no more of a special affinity for telling the truth than do any the most behaved forum members.

Careful there. Suggesting that someone's a troll could lead to a "takes one to know one." comeback

Swoop187 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008

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Originally Posted by Conservationist

NYT article: Malwebolence

CORRUPT's reponse: in Defense of Unpopular Truths, Deceit is Honesty

Every time there's a mass shooting, people blame the guns, or the person. They don't stop to think that our society is declining and that to tell the truth of that is taboo.

The NYT shouldnt even talk... They're the biggest liars on the network. They got busted howmany times for being liars? 4-5???

They just make shit up either that or just exagerate news stproes to make roich white folks look like evil devils.....

If you want to read crapola visit my former fav paper Chicago news, sports, photos, video, blogs, Chicago weather, business, travel, tourism, entertainment and jobs -- chicagotribune.com

if you love that racism crap or race issues thats your paper. what a gang banger gets offed its the white mans fault, a few black teens shot on the west side? its the white mans fault, lets ban guns, guns are the problem.

We need to start banning people not guns...

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