Re:Why we’re removing comments on most of Inquirer.com
by ChrisMarshallNY on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:10AM
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There's a certain...subculture...of /. troll that go into many of the comment threads, and post these giant ASCI art swastikas. They are usually accompanied by all kinds of racist pejoratives. I'm sure they get reported, but I have seem them stay up for weeks.
They probably aren't real Nazis; just bored teenagers, trying to get a rise.
You usually need to max out the comment filters to see them (rightly so).
But there's also plenty of good old-fashioned abuse trolls, there.
One of the reasons that I like this place, is because it highly discourages that kind of behavior.
If it starts happening here, I'm heading for the hills. I used to be a troll, but as I have gotten older, the shine has worn off that brand of behavior.
They probably aren't real Nazis; just bored teenagers, trying to get a rise.
You usually need to max out the comment filters to see them (rightly so).
But there's also plenty of good old-fashioned abuse trolls, there.
One of the reasons that I like this place, is because it highly discourages that kind of behavior.
If it starts happening here, I'm heading for the hills. I used to be a troll, but as I have gotten older, the shine has worn off that brand of behavior.