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It is very easy for you and I to throw up our hands and say the online trolling problem will never be solved, because we don't generally experience it in full f
by etjossem 10y ago
It is very easy for you and I to throw up our hands and say the online trolling problem will never be solved, because we don't generally experience it in full force. We have the ability to shrug off comments that are unconstructively critical of us, because they only come very occasionally and are drowned out by positive comments.
Meanwhile, there are new voices that want in on the conversation - maybe they're young, or female, or minorities. They are routinely getting shouted down by our community, and here we are, admitting that they wouldn't face the same ire if they obscured their experience/gender/race by writing under psuedonyms.
I will do my part. I will downvote trolls, and I'd encourage others to do the same.
- seibelj 10y agoIt's great that you will downvote comments and encourage other to do the same. This is what non-trolls have been doing forever and that will not solve the problem on its own. The best solution is to either accept reality and ignore the haters, or even better, think up some novel, innovative solution to crack the nut of online trolls. But that is very, very hard and no one has yet succeeded. Facebook does well because no one is anonymous. Reddit is a cesspool for the opposite reason, where each subreddit is only as strong as the moderation team and the users regularly flagging content.
- etjossem 10y agoIt's not a technical problem - it's a community problem. Some of us are happy to admit defeat and ignore bad behavior against marginalized groups, rather than actively responding to it, because it doesn't affect us nearly as deeply. This is the story of Reddit's 4chanization and it could be the story of HN too, if we don't make a point of caring about our guidelines.