Troll comments on the internet: just like graffiti
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February 29, 2012 at 12:34am
Orlando Figes, who wrote (anonymous) flattering reviews of his own book.
David Mitchell has written a piece for The Observer called:
An internet troll’s opinion should carry no more weight than graffiti
He argues: “If you read a review, an opinion, a description or a fact and you don’t know who wrote it then it’s no more reliable than if it were sprayed on a railway bridge.”
I urge you to read the piece in the link below, including the shocker about Orlando Figes.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/23/historian-orlando-figes-amazon-reviews-rivals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/7624186/Award-winning-historian-Orlando-Figes-I-posted-anonymous-reviews-on-Amazon.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/19/david-mitchell-internet-trolls-graffiti
I read this in the readers’ comments and thought of you, Daphne:
I am admin at a very busy online forum, which is a bit like being a firefighter in hell.
Hear hear hear!
Well Daphne how about banning anyone who posts comments under a pseudonym on this website?
[Daphne – No point. I have a strict moderation policy, and many of those who use a nick give me their real name anyway. Also, anyone can call themselves Joseph Miscallef….or carmelo aquilina.]