trolls
Engaged Reading Digest: the escalation of trolling to the global stage Paid Members Public
If you were in any doubt that the fundamental tools of the online troll are now at play in global politics, the last week should have put paid to that.
Meeting an islamophobic troll Paid Members Public
What happens when a muslim writer meets his persistent troll? An insight into the way the lonely and struggling can be sucked in by a feeling that they are part of something special.
When A Trump Troll Is Outed Paid Members Public
Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity when his Gif went viral — and his true identity was established. [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/
What Makes A Troll A Troll? Paid Members Public
Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
Twitter sanitises @replies for verified users Paid Members Public
Talking of services with two tiers of users, Twitter is making life nicer for its elite “verified” users: > Quality filter allows verified users to hide tweets in notifications containing threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content or that are sent from suspicious accounts, similar to the old “filtered” option
The solution to Twitter bullying? Paid Members Public
Euan Semple on the recent Twitter abuse issues [http://euansemple.com/theobvious/2013/7/31/a-volume-control-on-mob-rule]: > Bullies gain strength from that audience. The audience is to blame for not saying anything. Sure their hardcore mates would have egged them on but there must have been some at the periphery
Hari: Knave or Fool? Paid Members Public
Journalists Johann Hari has been exposed as using others work in his own without acknowledgement, and maliciously editing Wikipedia.
Hari-Kiri Reading Round-up Paid Members Public
So, Mr Hari has admitted to his crimes [http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-admits-plagiarism-and-returns-orwell-prize/s2/a546013/] , and is slinking away for retraining training in journalism. I’ve made no secret of that fact that I think his behaviour fell well below the standards we should expect of journalists, and
