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Re:What Is the Best Way to Stop Internet Trolls? by st3v3r on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:16PM (#11341046)
"The secret to dealing with internet trolling is some combination of ignoring it, turning your devices off now and then, and realizing that the character you are interacting with online is not actually a real person."

No. Gamergate has proven that "ignoring it" and "turning your devices off" is NOT the way to fix it. Neither of those things does anything.

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Re:What Is the Best Way to Stop Internet Trolls? by qb45 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @02:04AM (#11342446)
I learned about the Gamergate drama from HN, well after the fact.

This solution seems to have worked for some people :)

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Re:What Is the Best Way to Stop Internet Trolls? by st3v3r on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @12:30PM (#11345921)
Not the people being targeted.
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