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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by darkwater on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:47AM (#23830080)
> Rule 14: Do not argue with trolls — it means they win.

> This has been a basic tenet of the Internet for decades - until Twitter and FB became huge.

This predates Internet by a long way and it is called "common sense".

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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by bartread on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:54AM (#23830104)
Agreed. But I think the point is it goes out the window, particularly on facebook and twitter. I.e., the "common sense" isn't that common, and the platforms enable and amplify the behaviour.
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Re:Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? (2018) by RealStickman_ on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @12:06PM (#23833583)
Common Sense does not appear to be very common then.
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