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I'm not sure I see how an alternate model changes much. In the case of SIDE, it is because they are actively viewing the out-group (the site's users) with enoug
by mattgreenrocks 15y ago
I'm not sure I see how an alternate model changes much. In the case of SIDE, it is because they are actively viewing the out-group (the site's users) with enough contempt that they need to sow discord. OK, I can buy that.
But how does it help us know how to stop trolling? Simply saying, "it's complicated!" without offering workable solutions doesn't help us here.
- hussong 15y agoI think my comment was more academic than pragmatic: Once you let go of the assumption that people will invariably do bad things in the absence of external control, the whole model falls apart. As for practical recommendations, I've seen very few come out of academic research, unfortunately. From SIDE you could derive that you should aim to create a community or an idea that people identify with in a positive way (thus creating a social identity), and try to facilitate the salience of that identity by adjusting the situational setting.