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Further commentary and thoughts on my 2016 interaction with a white supremacist asking me to launder their views to my audience through my denigration and self-satisfaction. Alt-text included.

Thank you for saying this. I've been thinking it for so long. That "You aren't dunking on them, you're boosting them. Give them NOTHING."

Also seemingly why Elon bought Twitter — because he couldn’t generate the pervasive vitality he wanted organically

"good nature" is fodder for them. Starve them. Forever.

This reminds me so much of little kids. If they don't get the attention they crave, they start acting out because any attention, even negative attention, is better than no attention at all. So don't respond. Don't feed their need no matter how much you want to.

Never mention your competition by name, in the worst case, people whol don't agree with you will check them out 🫠

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CGP Grey is a gift to humanity :-)

It's not just about trolling, it's about cold hard cash too. Since Elmo started sharing ad revenue with those getting super high reach, the hate rhetoric has gone through the roof. Every quote criticism is more impressions and more cash. It's got outrageous beyond satire now.

Reminds me of that early mission from new Vegas, Cold, Cold Heart. Upon finding that the town of Nipton has been massacred, a Legion soldier asks you to spread word of what has happened here, particularly to any NCR soldiers, so as to sow fear and "Spread the lesson Creaser's Legion taught here."

exactly, this is nothing more than “don’t feed the trolls”. it works IRL too

Speaking as someone who does their fair share of trolling over the years, this is fact. Trolls love to see that reaction. Even a block is a dopamine hit. Just ignore, don't interact or react.

This is exactly my hesitation to use any of the blocklists I've seen so far. While they appear to be above board, I have little insight into who curated it or the reasons each account made it on the list. Moderation notes per entry would go a long way to adding credibility for me.

I’m not terribly thrilled with the blocklists I’m on so I’m reluctant to use them because the criteria for getting put on them is so vague. The creators block you too so you don’t get to ask them about it.

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We learned this years ago on the phpbb forums but the wisdom was lost.

I agree. The issue with block lists is that it’s impossible to know if everyone on the list has been appropriately vetted or if it’s false flagging. Blocking on site has the same effect. Also what you want to block may even be different than what others may want to block.

These concise takes are one of the reasons I follow you

My wiki was deleted, I was shadow banned on x for talking about Yang and women’s rights. I feel this.

Agreed just ignore. I'm against blocking, I've only ever blocked advertisers (and some who'd show up in my feed unwanted on a site where muting isn't a tool). Why? Everyone should have the ability to hear what I have to say in public. Mute if you can, ignore if you can't. Block if you have to.

Or: Don't feed the trolls.

All yes,that old adage 'Don't feed the trolls'

Yeah "get a load of this guy cam" is not actually good. Quote tweets were a mistake. Etc.

Go ahead thx