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Here "crowdsourced" means that Jessikka Aro solicited for experiences from members of the public who have been targeted by trolls. As far as I can tell, any re

Here "crowdsourced" means that Jessikka Aro solicited for experiences from members of the public who have been targeted by trolls. As far as I can tell, any resulting articles have been written by journalists and have gone through the usual journalistic process. I haven't actually read many of her articles, but my assessment is that she is not strongly biased. It is widely accepted as fact that pro-russian trolling is rampant also on the Finnish web.

acqq 11y ago
> As far as I can tell, any resulting articles have been written by journalists So she didn't sign these articles? Why would then anybody direct some campaign at her? Something is missing in this story.
- zorf 11y ago
  She wrote them. Take a look at one of her articles: http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/at-the-origins-of-russian-propaganda http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/at-the-origins-of-russian-propagan...
  - acqq 11y ago
    Thanks. But what's "crowdsourced" with it? That article looks like a real investigation. Maybe the term was actually a loss in translation? That's why I hoped to get all the info from somebody who understands Finnish (and maybe even followed these news). Edit: kaitai linked to an article that has a lot of opinions of other people. It is a better example of what she would maybe call the "crowdsourced" article (it has a bunch of quotes presented in a way to appear to support the message she wants to convey).
    - kiiski 11y ago
      Basically the crowdsourcing here means that YLE published a article saying (shortened): "Tell us what kind of web trolling you have been targeted by and in what situations. We'll compile an article of peoples experiences" The term "crowdsourcing" isn't really used in Finnish. Apparently there exists a translation for it ("joukouttaminen"), but I haven't ever heard anyone use it (not that I've looked too hard).
      - acqq 11y ago
        > The term "crowdsourcing" isn't really used in Finnish. Thanks. Now it's clear. It was really "lost in translation" (in the "appearing" sense).

acqq 11y ago

> As far as I can tell, any resulting articles have been written by journalists So she didn't sign these articles? Why would then anybody direct some campaign at her? Something is missing in this story.

zorf 11y ago
She wrote them. Take a look at one of her articles: http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/at-the-origins-of-russian-propaganda http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/at-the-origins-of-russian-propagan...
- acqq 11y ago
  Thanks. But what's "crowdsourced" with it? That article looks like a real investigation. Maybe the term was actually a loss in translation? That's why I hoped to get all the info from somebody who understands Finnish (and maybe even followed these news). Edit: kaitai linked to an article that has a lot of opinions of other people. It is a better example of what she would maybe call the "crowdsourced" article (it has a bunch of quotes presented in a way to appear to support the message she wants to convey).
  - kiiski 11y ago
    Basically the crowdsourcing here means that YLE published a article saying (shortened): "Tell us what kind of web trolling you have been targeted by and in what situations. We'll compile an article of peoples experiences" The term "crowdsourcing" isn't really used in Finnish. Apparently there exists a translation for it ("joukouttaminen"), but I haven't ever heard anyone use it (not that I've looked too hard).
    - acqq 11y ago
      > The term "crowdsourcing" isn't really used in Finnish. Thanks. Now it's clear. It was really "lost in translation" (in the "appearing" sense).