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It used to mean someone who's trying to enrage people by baiting ("trolling"), and now it can also mean someone arguing in bad faith. And Chinese troll I guess
by iforgot22 2y ago
It used to mean someone who's trying to enrage people by baiting ("trolling"), and now it can also mean someone arguing in bad faith. And Chinese troll I guess means someone doing this on behalf of the Chinese govt.
- baq 2y agoYup we agree then. Claiming an argument to be racist is a bad faith attempt at guilt tripping Americans; a form of FUD and whataboutism. It is not done by normal users, they don’t need it.
- iforgot22 2y agoOr it can just be a normal user who's wrong this time. He looks like a normal user. In theory it could all be a cover, but that'd be ridiculous effort just for HN boards. Throwing those accusations around will make this place more like Twitter or Reddit.
- baq 2y agoThere’s ordinary xkcd wrong on the internet and there’s repeating foreign nation state propaganda lines. Doing it in good faith does not make it less bad.