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1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 18:34:13 EST ∑ XahLee

   When a person's sanity is at balance,
   when human passion is raging,
   no etiquette must get in the way.
   —Xah Lee, 2001.

   Netiquette Anthropology: Tales of Tech Geekers
   http://xahlee.info/Netiquette_dir/troll.html

   1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 18:40:57 EST ∑ XahLee

      in reply to

      the meaning of the word troll has mutated over the past 3 decades. In 90s, it was wisecracker in tech, in 2000s, it's anyone u disagree with, in 2010s it became mainstream, a witch hunt, of anyone who disagree with the extreme left, connotes to bullying.

      1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 18:50:58 EST ∑ XahLee

         in reply to

         who brought the word “troll” from programing community to become mainstream “bullying”? 'was the bigshot open source fanatic tech writters. their drivel grace sites as slashdot, reddit, boingboing etc in the 2000s, and the “we wanna help” mentality nerd armies approved and echoed.