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Hmm, this is actually an entertaining idea. I'd like to see a Chris Hansen style confrontation, where they track down trolls, confront them with what they've w
by coryl 15y ago
Hmm, this is actually an entertaining idea.
I'd like to see a Chris Hansen style confrontation, where they track down trolls, confront them with what they've written, and then see how they justify or apologize their way out of the situation.
- Peroni 15y agoI can't imagine a 13 year old defending his racist rants behind a veil of tears being particularly entertaining. The fact that this particular guy happened to be an adult is probably a bit of an enigma within the world of trolls.
- coryl 15y agoYou're probably underestimating the number of grown men with 13 year old maturities.
- TheCapn 15y agoI think people forget that reality TV and the like are edited and spliced to appeal to the audience. Anything you see on TV is weighted to determine if its entertaining or not... should a show/news cast adopt the OP's recommendation you can safely assume that each "lead" they track down that ends up at a kid would be simply swept away because it doesn't make for good TV.
- roguecoder 15y agoI think you are under-estimating the percentage of trolls that are grown adults. Then again, I grew up in a place where the local paper's letters to the editor read like a best-of collection of racist trolling (pre-internet, even.) Most of the letter writers were over 70 and still spouting ungrammatical poorly-articulated vitriol.
- ilamont 15y agoSaturday Night Live had a skit that was similar to this a few months back: http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/internet-trolls-on-snl.html http://boingboing.net/2011/10/18/internet-trolls-on-snl.html