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recent bookmarks from jmHow Do We Defeat Online Trolls? - The Atlantic2017-03-31T21:57:03+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/guys-its-time-for-some-troll-theory/521046/?single_page=true
jmAnother challenge is that no matter what solutions people devise to fight trolls, the trolls will fight back. Even among those who are optimistic that the trolls can be beaten back, and that civic discourse will prevail online, there are myriad unknowns ahead.
“Online discourse is new, relative to the history of communication,” said Ryan Sweeney, the director of analytics at Ignite Social Media, in his response to the survey. “Technological evolution has surpassed the evolution of civil discourse. We’ll catch up eventually. I hope. We are in a defining time.”
]]>trolls trolling discourse online politicshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:99b73689cce8/The Agency - NYTimes.com2015-06-02T22:28:59+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html
jmfuture abuse trolls russia trolling politics social-media twitter facebookhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:146514a25e6c/Amazon's Drone Delivery Patent Just Feels Like Trolling At This Point2015-05-10T19:41:15+00:00
http://gizmodo.com/amazons-drone-delivery-patent-just-feels-like-trolling-1703089005
jmThese aren’t actual technologies yet. [...] All of which underscores that Amazon might never ever ever ever actually implement delivery drones. The patent paperwork was filed nearly a year after Amazon’s splashy drone program reveal on 60 Minutes. At the time we called it revolutionary marketing because, you know, delivery drones are technical and logistical madness, not to mention that commercial drone use is illegal right now. Although, in fairness the FAA did just relax some rules so that Amazon could test drones.
At this point it feels like Amazon is just trolling. It’s trolling us with public relations BS about its future drones, and it’s trolling future competitors -- Google is also apparently working on this -- so that if somebody ever somehow does anything relating to drone delivery, Amazon can sue them. If I’m wrong, I’ll deliver my apology via Airmail.
]]>amazon trolling patents uspto delivery drones uavs competition faahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:93935c65ad76/Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists | Psychology Today2014-09-21T22:26:23+00:00
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists?tr=MostViewed
jmThe relationship between this Dark Tetrad [of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism] and trolling is so significant, that the authors write the following in their paper:
"... the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists." [emphasis added]
Trolls truly enjoy making you feel bad. To quote the authors once more (because this is a truly quotable article):
"Both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others. Sadists just want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!"
Bloody hell.]]>trolls sadism narcissism psychopaths online trolling psychology papershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fb191cf67f88/BBC News - Pair jailed over abusive tweets to feminist campaigner2014-01-27T10:53:46+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25886026
jmWhen a producer from BBC Two's Newsnight programme tracked Nimmo down after he had sent the abuse, the former call centre worker told him: "The police will do nothing, it's only Twitter."
]]>bbc bullying social-media twitter society uk trolls trolling abuse feminism cyberbullyinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:b8f588b38c7c/Meeting A Troll...2012-09-25T10:42:02+00:00
http://www.traynorseye.com/2012/09/meeting-troll.html
jminternet trolling harassment trolls antisemitism stories twitterhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:0986d97d6811/a typical incendiary blog post2010-01-31T23:55:42+00:00
http://faultline.org/index.php/site/item/incendiary/
jmfunny cliches blogging trolling blogshttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:a84395f511b5/Google Agrees to Censor Encyclopedia Dramatica Entry in Australia2010-01-19T15:38:13+00:00
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2010-01-17-n25.html
jmcensorship google satire australia stupid encyclopedia-dramatica trollinghttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:ad5689a35d4c/