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mia

(8,361 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 09:31 PM Feb 2012

Putting a face on internet trolls

http://gizmodo.com/5883291/putting-a-face-to-internet-trolls

Panorama's Declan Lawn reports on the dangers of cyberbullying and meets pop singer Cher Lloyd, who has experienced racist attacks and physical threats on social networking sites.

He also tracks and confronts a man known to troll the internet and post offensive comments on tribute pages on social networking sites.

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Putting a face on internet trolls (Original Post) mia Feb 2012 OP
I've tracked down trolls here and there Warpy Feb 2012 #1
yup they do demtenjeep Feb 2012 #2
we have our own trolls and moles living here grasswire Feb 2012 #3
hmmmm libodem Feb 2012 #4

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
1. I've tracked down trolls here and there
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:22 PM
Feb 2012

and the one thing they have in common is that they're consistently toadlike in appearance.

This doughy faced prick with those dead, dead eyes is no different.

They live on hate.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
3. we have our own trolls and moles living here
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:32 PM
Feb 2012

They spend their lives watching DU and commenting on what we post here, taking our words to their web site. Sometimes they make real world trouble. They clog up google with their garbled commentary and bigoted distortions.

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