trolling
Engaged Reading Digest: the escalation of trolling to the global stage
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.
trolling
Meeting an islamophobic troll
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.
anonymity
When A Trump Troll Is Outed
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/
community
What Makes A Troll A Troll?
Research shows that two factors predict trolling behavior.
community management
Twitter sanitises @replies for verified users
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
Social Media
The solution to Twitter bullying?
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
ethics
Hari: Knave or Fool?
Journalists Johann Hari has been exposed as using others work in his own without acknowledgement, and maliciously editing Wikipedia.
ethics
Hari-Kiri Reading Round-up
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
Blogging
Are Journalists as annoying as Bloggers?
4. Internet Flame Wars Journalists really don’t do this. They don’t get involved enough in a discussion most of the time to allow a flame war to begin…5. People who think that pretending to have an intelligent conversation (using good grammar, of course) can cover up their