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I don't like the loose language used in this article and others that uses "trolling" as a catch-all for online harassment, violence, privacy violations, and mor
by syphilis2 10y ago
I don't like the loose language used in this article and others that uses "trolling" as a catch-all for online harassment, violence, privacy violations, and more. It's misleading and gets people riled up as they talk past each other. Conflating 'baiting someone into looking stupid online' with 'sending threats to their family members' muddles the conversation. Worse, it erodes the meaning of the term. I'd call it cultural appropriation but that'd be too obvious.
- wott 10y agoUnfortunately (because I agree with you), that's the common meaning of the word nowadays. I guess we have to deal with it, and speak of oldschool troll for the original meaning from now on.