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.

  • tikitaki@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    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

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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

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        1 year ago

        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.