http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/08/22/trolling-for-trouble/ Berkman investigators, fellows, research assistants and interns sound off about all things Digital Natives Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/08/22/trolling-for-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Anne Collier Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:22:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=185#comment-1221 Just came across your post, Daniel - thanks for the thought-provoking questions. I had a couple, too, in my recent post about the other, more common kind of troll victim and the importance of critical thinking (http://www.netfamilynews.org/2008/08/troll-exploits-critical-thinking-needed.html). There's certainly a place for commentary, but Schwartz was being a reporter, an equally important role. Just telling a story lays the foundation for public discussion. But I think Schwartz raises an important question too (one that some might find cynical, but worth asking): Will trolling stop [or ease], as one of his sources suggests, "when its audience stops taking trolls seriously"? There are some parallels, here, I think, with cyberbullying, so - contrary to a statement in your first paragraph - this actually is related to child online safety. Just came across your post, Daniel – thanks for the thought-provoking questions. I had a couple, too, in my recent post about the other, more common kind of troll victim and the importance of critical thinking (http://www.netfamilynews.org/2008/08/troll-exploits-critical-thinking-needed.html). There’s certainly a place for commentary, but Schwartz was being a reporter, an equally important role. Just telling a story lays the foundation for public discussion. But I think Schwartz raises an important question too (one that some might find cynical, but worth asking): Will trolling stop [or ease], as one of his sources suggests, “when its audience stops taking trolls seriously”? There are some parallels, here, I think, with cyberbullying, so – contrary to a statement in your first paragraph – this actually is related to child online safety.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/08/22/trolling-for-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 James Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:38:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=185#comment-1209 Is this sort of a 'reverse imposter syndrome' at work? As opposed to thinking one is not capable or 'belongs' with a certain group, does the anonymity provided by the web create a feeling of invincibility to purport to be something one is not? Is this sort of a ‘reverse imposter syndrome’ at work? As opposed to thinking one is not capable or ‘belongs’ with a certain group, does the anonymity provided by the web create a feeling of invincibility to purport to be something one is not?

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