Electronic Trolling Task
An Electronic Trolling Task is a trouble-making task that applies to electronic communications that consists of posts or inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages online.
- AKA: Online Trolling.
- Example(s):
- Posting irrelevant or inflammatory comments in online forums or social media threads to disrupt or derail the conversation.
- Deliberately provoking or harassing other users, often through personal attacks, insults, or threats.
- Creating fake accounts or impersonating other users to spread false information or cause confusion.
- Spamming online communities with repetitive or irrelevant content to annoy or frustrate other users.
- Hijacking online polls or surveys to skew the results in a particular direction.
- Using memes or images to mock or ridicule other users or groups.
- Engaging in “doxxing", or publicly revealing personal information about another person without their consent.
- “Griefing” in online gaming, where a player intentionally harasses or disrupts other players' gameplay.
- Posting links to offensive or explicit content in otherwise innocent or unrelated online spaces.
- Engaging in “sea-lioning", where a person repeatedly asks for evidence or proof of an argument in bad faith, in order to waste other people's time and disrupt the conversation.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Malware, Spamming, Online Harassment, Bullying, Sadism.
References
2023a
- (ChatGPT-OpenAI, 2023) ⇒ https://chat.openai.com/chat Retrieved: 2023-04-02.
- Q: What is online trolling?
- A: Online trolling refers to the act of deliberately posting inflammatory, offensive, or off-topic messages in online forums, social media platforms, or other online communities, with the aim of provoking an emotional or disruptive response from others.
Trolls often use pseudonyms or anonymous accounts to hide their identity and avoid consequences for their behavior. They may also engage in personal attacks, harassment, or cyberbullying, and can disrupt conversations and derail discussions by derailing topics, spreading misinformation, or using sarcasm and irony to confuse or upset other users.
Online trolling can have negative effects on the online community and individuals targeted by the trolls, leading to feelings of frustration, anger, or even depression. It is important to remember that online trolling is a form of bullying and should not be tolerated or normalized in any form.
2023b
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(slang) Retrieved:2023-4-2.
- In slang, a troll is a person who posts or makes inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game), or in real life, with the intent of provoking others into displaying emotional responses,[1] or manipulating others' perception, thus acting as a bully or a provocateur. The behavior is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or purposefully causing confusion or harm to other people.
In this context, both the noun and the verb forms of "troll" are frequently associated with Internet discourse. Media attention in recent years has equated trolling with online harassment. The Courier-Mail and The Today Show have used "troll" to mean "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of causing grief to families". [2] In addition, depictions of trolling have been included in popular fictional works, such as the HBO television program The Newsroom, in which a main character encounters harassing persons online and tries to infiltrate their circles by posting negative sexual comments.
- In slang, a troll is a person who posts or makes inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game), or in real life, with the intent of provoking others into displaying emotional responses,[1] or manipulating others' perception, thus acting as a bully or a provocateur. The behavior is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or purposefully causing confusion or harm to other people.
- ↑ "Definition of: trolling". PCMAG.COM. Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ↑ "Trolling: The Today Show Explores the Dark Side of the Internet" Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 31 March 2010. Retrieved on 4 April 2010.