This is an academic blog about the internet phenomena known as "trolling", and how people can avoid "trolls" as much as possible.
Monday, July 30, 2012
When trolling gets real... FOR REAL
Just wanna share a video about a team of BBC investigators tracking down trolls. It was reported that a guy named Darren Burton and a group of friends tried to terrorize memorial Facebook pages. Yep, these people had the guts to do it in Facebook. But even with a cover-up Facebook username of "Nimrod Saverne", he still got caught. No, he wasn't interested since the law cannot do anything with cyberbullying. Instead, he got the humiliation of his life.
Also, it's funny when he confronted the authorities since he attempted trolling them face-to-face. The thing is, it wasn't funny at all.
This occured in Facebook so it's really a norm-breaker since FB is a socially sensitive site. He should know better, considering he's a full-grown adult. The guy is definitely an idiot.
This case definitely poses an appeal to why trolling is bad. Or should we also say, why people should act civilized wherever they go.
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