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Reddit Gamers Start Migrating to More Friendly ‘Low-Sodium’ Forums!
It’s often something of a surprise to many people who know me to learn that I’m not actually an overly active user on Reddit. Largely, I think, because they view me as something of an eloquent troll. – Oh sure, I have an account, and I post there occasionally, but…
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Twitter Is Taking Part in a Study To Reduce Online Abuse
Twitter Takes Part in a study to reduce online abusive When it comes to social media, you often don’t have to look far to find some toxic behavior. Safely hidden behind their keyboard some people find nothing better to do than spam toxic abuse at others. As such, Twitter is…
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Mikes Rant – The Over and Misuse Of The Word Troll
Mikes Rant 2 – The Over and Misuse of the term ‘Troll’ Before I start, I think I should qualify that people being horrible to others is clearly not a nice thing to do. When it comes to the widespread media, however, I do have an axe to grind when…
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Online Gaming Bullies – Playing Devils Advocate
A new report has found that at least 1 in 2 online young gamers experience bullying. While this statistic is quite alarming, there are many who will dismiss it as over-exaggerating the issue. Another attempt by the mainstream media to vilify online gamers by either misrepresenting, misunderstanding or tarring the…
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New Legal Framework to Target Online Trolls
Online communication has revolutionised the way we all keep in contact with friends and distant relatives. Not only that, the advent of social media platforms allows users to debate with strangers and forge new friendships. Of course, the downside to this is the idea of trolls and individuals who send…
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Skype Hides Your IP in Effort to Protect You
We’ve all heard or seen about Swatting, but for those who haven’t let me explain its principle. Normally it happens when you find someone online, usually in the process of streaming a video or even them record themselves playing a game. As they are online you use software to track…
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Online Trolls and Racists Being Targeted With Billboard Ads Near Their Homes
Online bullies, trolls and other people hiding behind the half-anonymity of the internet while insulting people have been a cancer on our society for quite some time and it probably won’t be stopped anytime soon either. We got a lot of stupid people in this world and they don’t seem…
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Facebook is Creating a ‘Dislike’ Button to Help Users Express “Empathy”
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg was originally skeptical of implementing a ‘dislike’ button but appears to have had a change of heart. Apparently, the ‘dislike’ function is now a necessity to “express empathy” and offer support to friends in bleak moments. Zuckerberg explained his plans and said: “I think people have asked…
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‘Pixels’ Copyright Notices Removed the Studio’s own Trailer
Pixels is an atrocious video game-themed movie and less endearing than a swarm of angry wasps. The film has gained notoriety for its sheer incompetence and it has received an astonishingly low score of 18% on Rotten Tomatoes. Not content with ruining the childhood memories of many iconic arcade games,…
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Badmouthed the Silk Road Case Judge Online? You Could Be Prosecuted
The conviction of Ross Ulbricht for creating and running the online black marketplace Silk Road has elicited some heated reactions, with many attacking the case’s judge for ignoring Ulbricht’s plea for leniency in favour of making an example out of him in the war against drugs in her sentencing. Now,…
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UK Solicitor Will Defend You Free Against Copyright Trolls
More and more customers of UK ISPs have received letters from copyright trolls in recent weeks, demanding settlement fees for alleged illegal downloads and threatening with lawsuits if not paid. Both Sky Broadband and Virgin Media customers are affected, but not exclusively. The companies behind it all, GoldenEye International also…
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Gaming Reviewer Contacts Mothers of Trolls
Alanah Pearce, an Australian gaming reviewer on the radio and on YouTube, has come up with a novel method of getting back at her online trolls and harassers. In a Guardian article, she says that she discovered that many of her online bullies were young boys, not 40-year-old men. “A…
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