bizarre
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 02:52 (eight years ago) link
Seems like a guy who felt like he could say anything to anyone and stir up any kind of turmoil, for any reason or no reason at all, and he would never suffer any consequences. This used to be called a power trip in the 60s and 70s.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
creepyisis stuff aside, wager this kind of thing (trolling political impersonations, sockpuppetry) not uncommon, in less extreme forms prob rife online
This is some weird shit: it's a conversation between a renowned internet troll and an FBI informant, neither knowing who the other really is and each working angles to try to get the other to do something, without either one ever realizing the other is playing a really different game.
surreal; there’s some black comedy to this also some difficult legal questions obv diff situation but a few strands of analogy to case of gf exhorting bf to suicide via texts
― drash, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:07 (eight years ago) link
tanya headon one minute, tanya cohen the next
― jordan amavero (imago), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
from past experience in the early internet days with trolling types,
the multi-angle trolling is really an artifact of an inability to socialize with others, on or off the internet. strong "non-partisan" ideology, claiming that "free speech" trumps all and that trolling somehow pushes out the borders of free speech to ensure even the most fringe positions are ok quickly becomes a struggle to circle the drain with all the muck without falling in
there's a complete lack of empathy or understanding of world events. things in the news, like attacks and cultural battles are still seen as important (although probably the troll denies their importance) not because of lives or actual stances but due to attention. through escalation and publicity the troll feels important.
there are definitely some pathological issues to that mindset, but at its base it's a feeling that a diminished feeling of self-worth isn't a problem, it's everyone else's problem. everyone should have a low sense of self-worth, and highlighting how trivially people who are doing things in the real world are manipulated is some sort of proof.
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
short version: this dude didn't circle the drain, he fell in, and someone needs to hit the garbage disposal
i suppose trolls can have all sorts of motives. the ones I've seen lately are just masochistic and I never considered self-worth in that equation
― The Once-ler, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
all sorts of "don't post pictures of yourself doing things I want to do, don't talk about activities I loathe (but really want to participate in)"
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link
this is really goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toap7iPpTbs
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 20 June 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
agreed
― Nhex, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link
curious if anyone else has ever noticed a pattern of one troll camping out at a site for years on end (besides me ha ha). there's a dude at 'new york' magazine who derails almost every discussion of jonathan chait's blog posts i've seen whenever i'm bored enough to venture below, and check out the comment section. however paranoid it sounds i can't help wondering how many (if any) perpetual trolls are paid moderators on big and big-ish media sites, baiting traffic?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
there's more than a few here of course.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
def want to watch a 13 minute video on trolls
― queen elseq of ærendelle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
it's not what you think it is whiney
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link