Trolling

Twitter's 'Freedom of Expression' Is a Privilege; Not a Right

Adam Kirr | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Cyberbullying, Freedom of Expression, Trolling, Twitter Trolls, Twitter Haters, Twitter Censorship, Technology News

Given that some celebrities and public figures are deciding to leave Twitter because of hateful, racist, or threatening attacks from "Twitter Trolls"; is it completely unreasonable to speculate that Twitter may enact measures to mitigate this problem?

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Late Returns: Welcome To The Trollgaze Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Tareq Salahi Virginia Governor, David Cameron, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Arizona, Barack Obama, Trolling, Mike Gravel, 2012, Tareq Salahi, Michele Bachmann, Polling, Obama Arizona Polls, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Barack Obama 2012, The Life of Julia, Politics News

The latest social media innovation from the Obama campaign is called "The Life Of Julia." It is not, as the title suggests, some outré piece of high-...

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Corporate Employee Abuse

Arnt Eriksen | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Corporate Image, Cyberbullying, Anonymous Comments, Trolling, Media News

With the transparency of the online world, where everyone is connected, negative commenting -- even if anonymous -- can damage the reputation of a brand. Is there a way to avoid this?

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WATCH: Norwegian News Gets Trolled

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Norwegian News Trolled by Eye Test, Video, News Bloopers, Norway, Funny News, Funny Videos, Norewgian News Eye Test, Eye Test, Trolling, Comedy News

It's totally normal for a stock photo to pop up on the screen during a TV news report, but unfortunately for Norwegian news network NRK, their graphic...

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Restoring Sanity in the Blogosphere: Discovering Godwin's Law

Lori Day | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Godwin's Law, Hitler Comparisons, Nazi Analogies, Comparisons to Hitler, Blog Trolling, Trolling, German Comparisons, Nazi Comparisons, Socialism Comparisons, Culture News

Given enough time, in any online discussion, regardless of topic or scope, someone inevitably criticizes some point made in the discussion by comparing it to beliefs held by Hitler and the Nazis.

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Alec Baldwin Defends Will Arnett On Twitter

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Will Arnett, Video, Twitter, Twitter Trolling, Alec Baldwin Defends Will Arnett, Urlesque, Alec Baldwin Twitter, Alec Baldwin, Trolling, Trolls, Will Arnett Twitter, Comedy News

Will Arnett may play rival Devon Banks to Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy on "30 Rock," but the two actors are actually friendly when the cameras are off....

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WATCH: SNL Takes On Internet Trolls

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Youtube Commenters, Video, Snl the Comments Section, Snl Youtube Commenters, Saturday Night Live Melissa Mccarthy, Snl Melissa Mccarthy, Snl, Urlesque, Saturday Night Live, Internet Commenters, Trolling, Trolls, Comedy News

What if all of those nameless, faceless commenters who troll and flame everything in their path were invited to discuss their opinions on a talk show?...

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WATCH: How To Troll Seagulls

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Seagulls, Video, Urlesque, Seagull Steals Food, French Fries, How to Troll Seagulls, Seagulls Eat French Fries, Trolling, Comedy News

Anyone who's had their food stolen by a seagull understands how annoyingly sneaky they can be, so when YouTuber Tteeggaannyyeeaahh pulled over to the ...

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PHOTO: Photographer Trolls Christian Publisher

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Fundamentalism, Christian Book Lesbian Cover, Video, Gay Rights, Photographer Trolls Christian Publisher, Urlesque, Gay Activism, Photographer Pranks Christian Publisher, Trolling, Comedy News

When a Christian publisher happened to come across a beautiful photograph by Shane Gavin, aka Roomic Cube on Flickr, they were clearly struck by the s...

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WATCH: 'Eyebrow Dance Kid' Crashes McIlroy Interview

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Golf, Interviews, Video, Rory McIlroy, US Open, Espn, Eyebrow Kid, Urlesque, US Open 2011, Live News, Trolling, Eyebrows, Interview, Trolls, Comedy News

After the first round of the US Open golf tournament last week, Rory McIlroy (who went on to win) stopped to answer a few questions for ESPN. Littl...

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WATCH: The Biggest Cat Lover On eHarmony, Hands Down

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Eharmony Cat Lover, Cats, Video, Eharmony Cat Video, Funny Videos, Dating, Eharmony Video Bio, Eharmony, Urlesque, Cat Lovers, Trolling, Eharmony Cat Lady, Eharmony Cats, Eharmony Cat, Eharmony Cat Lover Video, Eharmony Video, Cat Lover Eharmony, E Harmony Cat Lover, Comedy News

Dating can be hard, but luckily there are services like eHarmony out there to help make finding Mr. Right a little easier. One lady named Debbie r...

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The iPad Hacker Is Also an Anti-Semitic Internet Troll Legend

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Anonymity, Apple, 4chan, AT&T, Troll, Hacker, Security, Trolling, Ipad, Technology News

One of the leaders of Goatse Security, the hacker group that discovered a security flaw that revealed the emails of iPad early adopters, has been arrested -- on drugs charges.

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Troll Patrol - 5 Things You Can Do

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safety, Trolling, Personal Protection, Blogs, Twitter, Bing, Extortion, Brand Management, Common Sense, Facebook, Cyber Crimes, Internet, Social Media, Linkedin, Snopes, Espionage, Trolls, Google, Egov, gov30, Troll, gov20, Ogov, Opengov, Gov 2.0, Gov 3.0, gov20la, Bill Grundfest, Alan W. Silberberg, Technology News

Trolling is a growing problem online and especially in social media spaces. It clogs up our email boxes, confuses the follower/following counts and throws monkey wrenches into people actively building engaged online communities. I have created my own types based on behavior I have seen.

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Trolling

August J. Pollak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Death Panels, Bloggers, Trolling, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Why the internet will always fall second to the quality of traditional media. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," ...

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