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I think it's interesting that "Troll" now covers a range of activity from "Mildly amusing but fake anecdotes designed to trigger a reaction" to "Sending violent
by SilverBirch 4y ago
I think it's interesting that "Troll" now covers a range of activity from "Mildly amusing but fake anecdotes designed to trigger a reaction" to "Sending violent rape threats to people on the internet".
It's beautiful to see the craft of some of these posts though, the repeated reference to (female), the slight stretching of the possible. But I think the funniest part is the pure lack of sense of humour in the people he's trolling - that's always the best part. If I were a part of a group like that I would far prefer to allow the trolling to continue as an in-joke rather than the ridiculous move to ban him. It's like banning a Dilbert cartoon.
- dsr_ 4y agoIt would be much more like banning a Dilbert cartoon if there was a box drawn around his posts and a subheading "Doug Wanoy by Greg Doe". This isn't that. As John Scalzi said, "The failure mode of clever is asshole."