9 Best Articles in 2021
CBC
Sarah Silverman's response to a Twitter troll is a master class in compassion
CBC
3 min read · 165 saves · From 2018 · After a troll lashed out at Silverman, she found him help for his pain.
The New York Times
The Agency
The New York Times
182 saves · From 2016 · From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities.
OBSERVER
I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook. You Should Stop Playing Right Into It.
OBSERVER
9 min read · 88 saves · From 2017 · The old playbook stopped working…until Milo Yiannopoulos came along and a new generation picked it up again.
In Social Media
OneZero
Inside the Social Media Cult That Convinces Young People to Give Up Everything
OneZero
247 saves · 2020-06-24 · The DayLife Army always seemed like a troll. Then it became a nightmare.
FiveThirtyEight
Why We’re Sharing 3 Million Russian Troll Tweets
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 36 saves · From 2018 · The tweets are from 2,848 Twitter handles associated with the Internet Research Agency troll farm.
The Washington Post
A former Russian troll speaks: ‘It was like being in Orwell’s world’
The Washington Post
6 min read · 37 saves · From 2018 · One worker spoke with The Washington Post, describing what it was like to be in a troll factory.
WIRED
Now Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AI
WIRED
6 min read · 40 saves · From 2017 · Google subsidiary Jigsaw is now offering developers access to an API for its AI-based detector for abusive comments.
NBC News
Twitter deleted Russian troll tweets. So we published more than 200,000 of them.
NBC News
3 min read · 34 saves · From 2018 · Twitter doesn't make it easy to track Russian propaganda efforts — this database can help
trollfactory.yle.fi
Troll Factory
trollfactory.yle.fi
21 saves · 2019-09-15 · It's your first day at the new job at Troll Factory. How many followers can you get?
Trending
New York Post
Far-right streamer ‘Baked Alaska’ stormed Capitol while COVID-19 positive
New York Post
15 saves · Jan 7th · Tim Gionet, a white nationalist troll known as Baked Alaska, streamed more than 20 minutes of his breach inside building — wearing no mask at points — as terrified lawmakers were rushed t…
Salon
NY Attorney General subpoenas pro-Trump troll Jacob Wohl for voter suppression scheme
Salon
3 min read · 2020-12-23 · Wohl and Jack Burkman have been criminally indicted in Ohio and Michigan in connection with the robocall scheme
Adweek
The Information's Kevin Delaney Doesn't Want to Troll You
Adweek
2 min read · 2020-12-24 · Starting an opinion section is about building community.
VICE
State Department's Site Says Trump's Presidency Is Already Over
VICE
Jan 11th · We don't know if a page on state.gov which says Donald J. Trump's term ended on 1/11/21 is a troll, a hack, a bug, or something else.
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The Verge
Don’t feed the trolls, and other hideous lies
The Verge
~11 min read · 214 saves · From 2018 · Online communities have always been breeding grounds for haters and bullies, and the most common approach to sidestepping their vitriol is to ignore them. But as essayist and social commentator Film Crit Hulk explains in this thoughtful piece for The Verge, “Don’t feed the trolls” isn’t a viable or healthy long-term tactic for managing online attacks. Rather, Hulk maintains, moderators and participants in online discussions should develop strategies that focus on the victims’ rights and well-being. getAbstract recommends this insightful essay to anyone who detests vituperative online discussions.
Gawker
Unmasking Reddit's Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web
Gawker
~18 min read · 21 saves · From 2015 · Last Wednesday afternoon I called Michael Brutsch. He was at the office of the Texas financial services company where he works as a programmer and he was having a bad day. I had just told him, on Gchat, that I had uncovered his identity as the notorious internet troll Violentacrez (pronounced Violent-Acres).
The Atlantic
Trump’s Right-Hand Troll
The Atlantic
47 saves · From 2018 · Stephen Miller once tormented liberals at Duke. Now the president’s speechwriter and immigration enforcer is deploying the art of provocation from the White House.
In Digital Life
Ars Technica
Rent-a-troll: Researchers pit disinformation farmers against each other
Ars Technica
4 min read · 24 saves · 2019-10-10 · Sean Gallagher · With a fake company and $6,050, Recorded Future tracks troll factory tactics.
medium.com
I’m With The Banned — Welcome to the Scream Room — Medium
medium.com
~11 min read · 112 saves · From 2016 · What my evening with Milo told me about Twitter’s biggest troll, the death of reason, and the crucible of A-list con-men that is the…
The Atlantic
The Making of an American Nazi
The Atlantic
94 saves · From 2017 · How did Andrew Anglin go from being an antiracist vegan to the alt-right’s most vicious troll and propagandist—and how might he be stopped?
The New York Times
Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider
The New York Times
7 min read · 120 saves · From 2018 · The kingdom silences dissent online by sending operatives to swarm critics. It also recruited a Twitter employee suspected of spying on users, interviews show.
In Social Media
Rolling Stone
That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It
Rolling Stone
5 min read · 132 saves · 2019-11-25 · Here’s what Russia’s 2020 disinformation operations look like, according to two experts on social media and propaganda.
theonion.github.io
fartscroll.js | Everyone farts. And now your web pages can too.
theonion.github.io
41 saves · From 2015 · Everyone farts. And now your web pages can too. Include "fartscroll.js" in your page. You can include the latest version straight from our CDN: <script…
