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.
Actually, they should be reported. Don’t just scroll pass if you see harassment or hate speech.
How exactly do you report them? I tried to report one troll I saw, but couldn’t find the option.
more > report
Ahh, I see! I was trying to report them from their page when I went to block them, like you do on Mastodon, and the option wasn’t there. Thanks!
There’s a few things in the works to improve the moderating flow / processes, for now it’s just easier to use ‘more > report’ and hopefully that should be enough for now.
Is that all it takes to trigger you?
Thanks for providing a comment to test the report feature with.
Not sure there’s anything to report with the previous comment; yet I don’t disagree with it being a dick thing to say.
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.
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.
Holy crap this is an image I hadn’t seen in ages! 😃
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.
The k-soc terms of service state:
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.
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
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.
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
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.
“This is rude, I’m going to downvote and move on” “OMG TRIGGERED you must be shaking like a leaf you scared little librul”
If you want to be neck deep in that bullshit, you’re more than welcome to join exploding-heads.com. Can we have ONE space online that isn’t infiltrated by assholes?
You don’t have to be a dick to others on the Internet. You can make that choice. Just because you CAN post hateful shit anonymously and not have to face real life consequences doesn’t mean you HAVE to.
Some people literally would prefer to see the world burn. No idea what’s up with that form of psychological gratification from destruction, but fuck them.
Guys that think the joker and homelander are the best role models.
You either haven’t been on the internet long enough to recognize this very common slippery slope, or you do recognize it - and you’re rooting for the slope.
Is protecting hate speech important to you?
Why not both? Don’t feed the troll, report for breaking the rules, and then if you’re extra salty, block them too.