Comments on: the trolls, they are us

By: Early Modern Notes » Recently noted around the web

Early Modern Notes » Recently noted around the web — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:37:13 +0000

[...] the trolls, they are us sometimes, everyone is wrong on the internet [...]

By: Kori

Kori — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:01:31 +0000

Generally… I have a very hard time not responding, as most of the times when these things come up it is around issues that are very near and dear to me, and I want to do the right thing for the people that I care for, so the best idea is to just avoid these situations entirely. Unfortunately, however, any time there is a venue for support of my own view, it is always wrought with opposing and very hurtful (to me and others) comments. It’s a lose-lose situation.

By: James

James — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:00:45 +0000

I’ve deleted one half-written post, and earlier decided against replying at all, in reply to comments on your latest post. It’s something I’ve been doing more often in recent times, for several reasons – there’s far too many wrong people on the internet for me to correct, they don’t deserve my attention, and I’m unlikely to convince them they’re wrong anyway.

Somewhat relatedly, I’ve occasionally thought about penning an ode to the consumer, they who experience but do not contribute back and why that’s not a bad thing.

By: sanimoyo

sanimoyo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:01:55 +0000

I have the same, deleting many posts I have written whilst highly emotional, unfortunatly some have lasted overnight on my blog.

By: Why you're more troll than you think

Why you're more troll than you think — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:48:12 +0000

[...] O’Brien explains that it’s almost certainly best to just write it out and press delete – since you’re probably closer to being a troll than you think. People think trolls are other people: He/she is a troll, you are a feisty opponent, while I merely [...]

By: Why you're more troll than you think - Digital World

Why you're more troll than you think - Digital World — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:46:17 +0000

[...] O’Brien explains that it’s almost certainly best to just write it out and press delete – since you’re probably closer to being a troll than you think.People think trolls are other people: He/she is a troll, you are a feisty opponent, while I merely [...]

By: Robin Tell

Robin Tell — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:55:49 +0000

I’ve done that once or twice. Usually I have better success by avoiding flame-tempting venues altogether.

As someone who’s not really done the research, though–unless perhaps shoveling my own beleaguered inbox counts as data collection on some level–I’m really rather curious to hear what you’ve got to say on the subject. The last time I read any Deep Thought about it was when Lawrence Lessig and Declan McCullough made a bet about a law which I suppose has never been written.

By: Suw

Suw — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:31:10 +0000

Danny, what was the column? I’ve been doing a lot of reading and thinking about email and the way people relate to their inbox, and I’d love to read this column to see what I think about it! I’d also love to know what you think about email, but that may have to wait til I see you next. ;-)

I wrote a piece for the Guardian about the psychology of email (or at least, our obsession with the inbox), which I like to think was very carefully researched. It got onto Valleywag and Slashdot, and the comments were really funny – everyone seemed to think that their example of perfectly good email use invalidated all the studies with a “I’m fine, so this is all rubbish” sort of logic. Of course, that’s fairly typical for Valleywag and Slashdot – I mean, what else can you expect of a site, Valleywag, that can’t tell the difference between arithmetic and algebra?

By: Ian Betteridge

Ian Betteridge — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:12:13 +0000

I’ve found myself doing the same thing: writing entire 1,000 word responses to something, then actually stopping and reading what I write. Then deleting the whole lot. It’s probably why I actually post so little these days.