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Re:Female Bioware writer harassed on Twitter by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @07:26PM (#3618646)
Agree. Eight years later, "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory" still rings true for me: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
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Re:Female Bioware writer harassed on Twitter by jrockway on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @08:00PM (#3618792)
I don't think the Internet is a relevant part of the equation. There are plenty of trolls in the real world. Remember the "Don't taze me, bro!" guy?

(Also: Bill O'Reilly)

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Re:Female Bioware writer harassed on Twitter by mattgreenrocks on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @10:34PM (#3619327)
The Internet is part of the equation. It makes it much easier to get away with this sort of behavior, and there are virtually no consequences. You're right: trolling still happens outside of the Internet, but we have more social norms in place to deal with it in real life. If there was a way to have more consequences to what people said online, then we might see more civility.

But, we're human, and we can't have nice things.

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