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Reminder: reddit may be dead, but trolls are not. (kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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As we start to see more users join, it's inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed.

Best just to scroll past them. They want to spark unwinnable arguments and rack up negative rep. If something seems absurdly ridiculous or inciteful, just move on. It's not even worth down voting.

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[–] 32 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Not sure there’s anything to report with the previous comment; yet I don’t disagree with it being a dick thing to say.

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  • [–] 52 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Way back in the way back we used to call comments like that “flame baiting”. It’s trying to start a fight, nothing more. Forums and BBs I moderated used to technically ban it, but generally the rule has always just been “don’t feed the trolls”. Meaning: don’t comment, don’t downvote, don’t bother reporting. They just want attention, the only thing that hurts them is realizing that this board will ignore them just as completely as their parents already do in real life.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Yes. Back then there wasn't any upvoting or downvoting, so the only way you interacted with a troll is either engage them or ignore them...preferably the latter.

    Images like this were typical...yet helpful.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    better yet - create whole sections of lemmy devoted to trolls and their fun times. this is the best answer. it also helps ensure that lemmy can never be sold or made profitable. thus avoiding the horrible dying mess that is reddit.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The k-soc terms of service state:

    Harassment, hate speech, or any other form of harmful behavior will not be tolerated.

    Now, I can't read ernest's mind to determine what he meant by this line exactly, but this kind of mean spirited, bad-faith jab falls under "harmful behaviour" in my book.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    i think it's dangerous to be too broad with this definition

    harmful in my mind is saying explicitly racist, homophobic, promoting violent, etc type of stuff

    i think freedom of expression is something we should not give up easily. in actually harmful speech, i think the pros outweigh the cons. but him saying the word "triggered" is not harmful

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    but him saying the word "triggered" is not harmful

    It implies that being against hate speech and harassment is a wrong opinion and while completely isolated and out of context it might not seem harmful, it's part of a cultural shift towards normalizing those things, and implies that anyone who cares is wrong. Seeing that go unchallenged just emboldens buttholes like that.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    yes, of course. it's indicative of that type of worldview and it's demeaning

    however the key important part is that it isn't hate speech. being pro-hate speech and using hate speech are two different things

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Term harassment gets over used in online discourse to silence others and shut down discussions.

    Legally it means actor A goes out of their way to bother actor B, and has do so on more the one occasion.

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