Dealing with trolling, pre-internet edition
In 1976, Libby Purves became the first-ever female presenter on Radio 4’s Today programme. It being mostly a pre-internet world, the trolling abuse she received came in letter form. … Read the full post »
Trolling
Read my posts about online trolling, how best to deal with it and why the advice ‘don’t feed the troll’s is sometimes wrong.
Can a bit of self-reflection make online comment threads more civil?
What happens if you ask people to rate their own comments for how rude they are before they can post them? … Read the full post »
Kiwi cyberbullies face jail as New Zealand criminalizes trolling
New Zealand’s government has passed the Harmful Digital Communications Bill, which declares that cyberbullying is a criminal offence. … Read the full post »
A rare photograph of a troll’s keyboard
Possibly a troll it is wise to feed, possibly not. … Read the full post »
The slow death of comments on newspaper websites continues
Earlier this month Reuters axed the comments threads on its website. This was no idiosyncratic whim but rather part of a wider trend. … Read the full post »
Mary Beard literally feeds a troll – and gives another a job reference
Academic and TV historian Mary Beard has disclosed her innovative approach to dealing with her vitriolic Twitter trolls – writing them a job reference. … Read the full post »
The unsocial web: why you should feed trolls
“Don’t feed the trolls”, the advice that tells people to ignore online insults, is rarely the best policy for maintaining a positive and engaging social media platform. … Read the full post »
Fix comments? Axe comments? Two different approaches
Popular Science is closing comments on its articles. Citing “trolls and spambots”, the 141-year-old American magazine has decided that an open forum at the bottom of articles “can be bad for science”. … Read the full post »
Share This Too – More Social Media Solutions for PR Professionals
Share This Too isn′t just a book about a specialist area of public relations; it is about how the entire practice of PR is evolving and the immediate future of the profession. … Read the full post »
Boxer confronts troll: funny (and just a little bit scary) tweets, boring TV
Former footballer and now boxer Curtis Woodhouse has been on the receiving end of some unpleasant, trolling-style, tweets. … Read the full post »