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Is this a troll too? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5801991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5801991 Or is it only a 'troll' if someone of 'ill repute
by pyre 13y ago
Is this a troll too? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5801991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5801991 Or is it only a 'troll' if someone of 'ill repute' (aka anonymous account) says it?
- steinnes 13y agoI would say no, but the routergate comment could be a case of sockpuppetry, which I would personally classify as a type of trolling.
- andrewcooke 13y agocalling someone a troll is basically bullying: it's using a label to shut someone up, implicitly identifying with the majority ("you're not one of us; you're not normal; hence you're wrong"). the way to deal with this kind of bullying is to call them out on it. show that what you are is normal. hence my post. because bullies aren't going to attack someone who has status and confidence, who shows that the behaviour they were criticising is reasonable. sure, some trolls are simply wrong. but if they're wrong you can show that. there was nothing wrong here. just a bunch of cowards who saw a chance to bash someone else in the name of being offended (and i suspect, depressingly, with the hope that the person they were being offended for would recognise and reward them - because famous entrepreneur on hn. eugh).