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So what, if anything, is proposed that we do about anonymous trolls? Just malign all discussion and criticism of a subject or person? How will that enable us to
by srslack 12y ago
So what, if anything, is proposed that we do about anonymous trolls? Just malign all discussion and criticism of a subject or person? How will that enable us to eliminate the harassers out of a community?
I was asking what exactly the harassment was because Randi provided no in-depth explanation of what exactly the harassment the people she named received, and then just blamed it on GamerGate. I'm familiar with some of the harassment of Anita, but not all. Didn't mean to belittle the claims of harassment. Blanket generalizations without proof, however, I'm fine with pointing out as dishonest. None of that harassment directed towards Anita is GamerGate.
From the article:
>I’m in the gaming industry now, so this was doubly relevant to my interests. I was naive enough to think that if I provided enough context about my background to counter the main tactics that the GamerGate supporters were using against Anita, Zoe, and Brianna, that they might listen.
- geographomics 12y agoSorry but I'm not really clear on what you are saying here. I mean, it seems quite straightforward and obvious to me how to identify abusive, vitriolic harassment, and how to recognise legitimate criticism of someone's viewpoints. Perhaps I am misreading your point, but you seem to be arbitrarily conflating the two?
- Cushman 12y ago> So what, if anything, is proposed that we do about anonymous trolls? Just malign all discussion and criticism of a subject or person? How will that enable us to eliminate the harassers out of a community? It's like you're still reciting your lines verbatim even though we skipped a page. Did you see that the post you're responding to explicitly acknowledged that criticism isn't harassment? Harassment is harassment, and that's what we're talking about, and your concern trolling isn't toxic so much as incoherent.