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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 19-Nov-2018 10:35:24 EST Strypey

   "Hogan explained that the only way to combat this kind of propaganda was to not share it, not report it and not give those posting it a platform." - Dr Bernie Hogan of the Oxford Internet Institute, talking about Isis accounts on Diaspora and other federated social networks:
   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/islamic-state-isis-social-media-diaspora-twitter-clampdown

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 19-Nov-2018 10:37:49 EST Strypey

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      We desperately need people to learn basic principles of social psychology, like the fact that giving a behaviour 'reinforcement' (attention and reactions) - whether positive *or* negative - will only tend to encourage that behaviour. On the net, where people can't poke or punch you for just ignoring the, that's by far the most effective way to make them give up and go away. In other words; #DontFeedTheTrolls!