I’ve decided that life is too short for me to deal with any more trolls.John Quiggin
Trolls (crosspost from Crooked Timber)
John Quiggin | Profess of Economics at the University of Queensland
Update:
I just ran into this interesting study.
Study: The effects of online trolling on authors, publications
Update:
I just ran into this interesting study.
In a study published by Taylor Francis Online, and written by Kathleen Searles, Sophie Spencer and Adaobi Duru, it's quite clear that abusive and "uncivil" comments (like "UR a commie lib and you eat babies — go die") negatively affect perception of both a publication and its authors, regardless of gender.…
... what they found is that such abusive comments will negatively affect perceptions of the publication itself, as well as the author of an article, regardless of gender.Big Think
We found a significant effect for the abusive comment on author credibility and intention to seek news from the author and outlet in the future, but gender of the author did not moderate these effects.
Study: The effects of online trolling on authors, publications
Brandon A. Weber
2 comments:
Sort of agree, except reverse, I try not to engage or interact with left leaning people anymore. I view them as caricatures as well.
Left, right, far right, far left, conservative, liberal, etc., are all just labels to divide us against each other. As long as we are divided we can't unit against THEM.
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