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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by gnarbarian on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:25AM (#27114205)
trolling can be a lot of fun. especially ideological adversaries. people will get incredibly twisted around their own axles And literally enraged over the opinion of some anonymous joker who they will never meet or have another interaction with. these feelings can follow you around for days vexing you and bringing you back to that negative state of mind. and that is hilarious to people who have learned to not give a shit about what some stranger thinks of them on the internet.

You have a lot of control over your own mind and emotions, so don't relinquish it to malevolent tricksters. And if you can't do that quit social media. but really everyone should quit social media probably.

Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by cutemonster on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:50PM (#27135576)
> trolling can be a lot of fun.

Yes, was trolling with my cat sometimes, as a child, she got angry, it was fun (but I stopped when I grew up)

> these feelings can follow you around for days vexing you and bringing you back to that negative state of mind. and that is hilarious to [the trolls]

Good point, I've felt those feelings indeed (and maybe the cat too)

Agreed that social media can be like that, and also, it steals time