BBC confronts Facebook troll
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BBC confronts Facebook troll
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#2What are we to gather from this? That assholes on the Internet are also assholes in real life?
"Confronting" people like this does little to change their behavior. At best, it publicizes their identities, and causes some minor level of disgrace, but why would that matter to them?
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#3Hmm, this is actually an entertaining idea.
I'd like to see a Chris Hansen style confrontation, where they track down trolls, confront them with what they've written, and then see how they justify or apologize their way out of the situation.
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#4I watched this last night. On the whole it was a pretty stupid programme with equally stupid people not knowing how to report and block people. Why not just ignore sites like littlegossip, and why have a formspring account.
"I love that the whole thing is narrated like they're tracking down an animal in nature. I loved the end "So, there you go, an internet troll. That's what they look like." Yep, that's what they look like." - this did make me giggle though.
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#5An indian nigger programmer doesn't believe one man can write a compiler. An indian nigger reinvents Unix. An indian nigger thinks like an ape--immitate.
They are arrogant and stupid and I've had to put up with their stupid heathen shit.
God says... C:\LoseThos\www.losethos.com\text\QUIX.TXT
fear, not knowing what she was saying, exclaimed, "Do not kill me, senor, for I can tell you things more important than any you can imagine."
"Tell me then at once or thou diest," said Anselmo.
"It would be impossible for me now," said Leonela, "I am so agitated: leave me till to-morrow, and then you shall hear from me what will fill you with astonishment; but rest assured that he who leaped through the window is a young man of this city, who has given me his promise to become my husband."
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#6What are we to gather from this? That assholes on the Internet are also assholes in real life? "Confronting" people like this does little to change their behavior. At best, it publicizes their identities, and causes some minor level of disgrace, but why would that matter to them?
I doubt "we" are meant to learn anything form it. But "they" could probably learn a lot.
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#7Hmm, this is actually an entertaining idea. I'd like to see a Chris Hansen style confrontation, where they track down trolls, confront them with what they've written, and then see how they justify or apologize their way out of the situation.
I can't imagine a 13 year old defending his racist rants behind a veil of tears being particularly entertaining. The fact that this particular guy happened to be an adult is probably a bit of an enigma within the world of trolls.
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#8I have the feeling that this is the ultimate 'feed the troll' reaction. Actually caring enough to track them down, talk to them and reason with them about obviously attention-seeking and ill-meant content? Why?
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#9Hmm, this is actually an entertaining idea. I'd like to see a Chris Hansen style confrontation, where they track down trolls, confront them with what they've written, and then see how they justify or apologize their way out of the situation.
I can't imagine a 13 year old defending his racist rants behind a veil of tears being particularly entertaining. The fact that this particular guy happened to be an adult is probably a bit of an enigma within the world of trolls.
You're probably underestimating the number of grown men with 13 year old maturities.
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