LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agoWhat did a minority of idiots ruin for everyone else? message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up125
arrow-up125message-squareWhat did a minority of idiots ruin for everyone else? LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 days agoMany parts of the internet. I won’t pretend there were never trolls (Usenet, BBS’s, etc. all had them), but things have definitely shifted. A minority of people have essentially weaponized various things in this system as well.
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoIt used to be “don’t feed the trolls.” Now the biggest trolls are monetized.
Many parts of the internet. I won’t pretend there were never trolls (Usenet, BBS’s, etc. all had them), but things have definitely shifted. A minority of people have essentially weaponized various things in this system as well.
It used to be “don’t feed the trolls.” Now the biggest trolls are monetized.