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Loki Liesmith

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4. anecdata

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 11:42 AM

Sep 2016

I have seen many twitter users I otherwise like and respect engage in trolling campaigns when it suits them (i.e., when they believe their cause is the right one).

The medium is suited to trolling. Limit someone to 140 characters and one-liners, insults, and threats are going to predominate, because actual discussion or dialogue is almost impossible under such a constraint.

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Here’s How Anti-Feminist Trolls Would ‘Save’ Free Speech [View all] demmiblue Sep 2016 OP

That's pretty much how it works, isn't it? smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #1

Almost everyone on twitter is a troll of some kind or another. Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #2

What specifically and objectively leads you to make that allegation? LanternWaste Sep 2016 #3

anecdata Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #4

And the @ symbol Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #5

Additionally, you state you dislike silencing campaigns LanternWaste Sep 2016 #6