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I have a friend who admitted to me he'd made up a right-wing persona to troll people on the Guardian comment section. He found it funny how irate people would

I have a friend who admitted to me he'd made up a right-wing persona to troll people on the Guardian comment section. He found it funny how irate people would become with his extreme views. I convinced him to knock it on the head when I found out he was posting from work, and warned him his work will be recording that it was him, but it's a good example of how pointless anonymous comments can be.

monk_e_boy 11y ago
Boredom is a very powerful thing. If someone has time on their hands they can wreak a lot of misery through anonymous comments.
oneeyedpigeon 11y ago
So would you have a problem with the exact same comments he was leaving, being left by someone who genuinely held those views? He's essentially just playing devil's advocate which can play an important role in discussion. The number of people with enough time on their hands to adopt a fake persona will be trivially small compared to those who are treating the service 'seriously' or those who are abusing it using far easier methods.