Troll Alert
Showing posts with label trolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trolls. Show all posts
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Staying Safe Online
Staying Safe Online
"Don't allow others to draw you into conflict. That may mean that you don't defend yourself from personal attacks. It's safer to ignore them and keep yourself above the fray. When you respond to a harasser in any way, you're letting him know that he has succeeded. No matter how hard it is to do, do not interact with a harasser. When he realizes that he isn't getting a reaction from you, in most cases he'll move on to find an easier target."full article
"Don't allow others to draw you into conflict. That may mean that you don't defend yourself from personal attacks. It's safer to ignore them and keep yourself above the fray. When you respond to a harasser in any way, you're letting him know that he has succeeded. No matter how hard it is to do, do not interact with a harasser. When he realizes that he isn't getting a reaction from you, in most cases he'll move on to find an easier target."full article
What is a troll? | Online Communities: Trolling and Harassment
What is a troll?
"The traditional definition of a troll refers to a member of a community or usenet group who makes posts deliberately designed to attract responses of outrage or indignation. It is the troll's intent to "hook" unsuspecting members into responding, (hence the term "trolling"), thus providing him/her self with the satisfaction of knowing they have impact on others.
A distinction must be made between true trolls, newbies who are undergoing growing pains as they attempt to adjust to community standards, and regular community members who simply have strong but otherwise harmless, dissenting opinions. Trolls should be removed, newcomers assisted, and contributing community members given at least a modicum of respectful distance.
Officials are the founders, hosts, techies, moderators and administrators. Typically they hold true power in the community by establishing the community's purpose, determining the form of presiding government, developing protocols of policy, and having the power to remove users who do not comply with the established standards." Full article | What is a troll?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Page Under Construction | Facebook Help Center
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Facebook Help Center
Important Safety Tips:
BLOCK and REPORT IMMEDIATELY anyone that sends you UNWANTED or INAPPROPRIATE communications.
Never share your password with anyone, and be cautious about posting and sharing personal information - especially information that could be used to identify you or locate you offline, such as your address or telephone number.
Adjust your privacy settings to match your level of comfort, and review them often.
Report users and content that violate our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Remember that while Facebook has always been based on a real name culture, and using fake names is a violation of our policies, people are not always who they say they are. Use caution when accepting or sending friend requests, and keep in mind that it is always risky to meet anyone in person whom you don’t know through real world friends.
Facebook Help Center
Important Safety Tips:
BLOCK and REPORT IMMEDIATELY anyone that sends you UNWANTED or INAPPROPRIATE communications.
Never share your password with anyone, and be cautious about posting and sharing personal information - especially information that could be used to identify you or locate you offline, such as your address or telephone number.
Adjust your privacy settings to match your level of comfort, and review them often.
Report users and content that violate our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
Remember that while Facebook has always been based on a real name culture, and using fake names is a violation of our policies, people are not always who they say they are. Use caution when accepting or sending friend requests, and keep in mind that it is always risky to meet anyone in person whom you don’t know through real world friends.
We are Really Vigilant about Trolls on our Site | Heartland Revolution
Heartland Revolution's Response to My Letter
RESPONSE FROM HEARTLAND REVOLUTION
From | Heartland Revolution
Dear Bev,
Thank you so much for your email and we would greatly appreciate any help you can offer to get the word out. We are really vigilant about trolls on our site so go ahead and blast away on getting traffic to the page. We have seen that social networking can provide a great means to grow the movement while exposing what is really going on in the area affected. I look forward to working with you side-by-side as we end the tyranny that the majority of this nation is being subjected to.
Thank you,
John Waltz
Co-Founder
Heartland Revolution
My Letter to John Waltz of Heartland Revolution
Apr 21, 2011
Dear Heartland Revolution,
I am a Wisconsin Protester... I have been involved now for over two months with the uprising here... I have also been involved with a couple of Michigan groups following and connected with people there. It has been helpful for both states as we have been able to provide support and share info and strategies. It has been through our communications that we have been able to clearly identify the larger picture early on....and have a heads up for what we might be witnessing in our own states.
I have been primarily focused on the cyber-community. It has been quite a rapid development with a lot of mobilizing quickly to address the need for connection and communication. Just two weeks ago... a new page grew to five thousand people over the course of a weekend. This was an issue page related to the investigation of Kathy Nickolaus and voter fraud. While there was great excitement and energy with the development of this page there were for the first time many trolls. That was a tough weekend for all of us and our candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg got hit so hard she had to close down her FB page to public posts.
The Wisconsin protest cyber community had to learn how to protect itself from this situation. It turns out that there are two basic ways and one involves the attention of the administrator and the other is way to block oneself.
I am framing the situation as I would like to spread the word and encourage people to join the Heartland FB page as a way to follow the situation. I am encouraging citizens to serve as "cyber witnesseses". It means I would make the site more public and encourage people to let others know and the link would be posted on larger sites where we can find people beyond the midwest... I do not want to do this without your permission and without you understanding that if this was to happen we would NEED your help removing the trolls as quickly as possible...to keep the site safe for communications. I can be of assistance but we would need to discuss options for achieving this.
It is time for this movement to grow again and sites like yours are important gateways to information and interactivity. Please let me know if I should proceed to promote this site beyond the Wisconsin protest community. Please feel free to contact me by email or friend me on Facebook for a more direct connection...Bev Richey | Milwaukee.
Thank you for all your work and support of Benton Harbor and I look forward to continuing to connect with your organization as we grow this protest movement. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely Yours,
Bev Richey
CyberCitizen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
P.S. Here is a link to one of the other Michigan Protest FB pages that I am archiving and recommending, I will do something similar for your page... the question is how much exposure do you want me/us to give it.
http://blogablebev.blogspot.com/2011/04/michigan-rally-information-1.html
RESPONSE FROM HEARTLAND REVOLUTION
From | Heartland Revolution
Dear Bev,
Thank you so much for your email and we would greatly appreciate any help you can offer to get the word out. We are really vigilant about trolls on our site so go ahead and blast away on getting traffic to the page. We have seen that social networking can provide a great means to grow the movement while exposing what is really going on in the area affected. I look forward to working with you side-by-side as we end the tyranny that the majority of this nation is being subjected to.
Thank you,
John Waltz
Co-Founder
Heartland Revolution
My Letter to John Waltz of Heartland Revolution
Apr 21, 2011
Dear Heartland Revolution,
I am a Wisconsin Protester... I have been involved now for over two months with the uprising here... I have also been involved with a couple of Michigan groups following and connected with people there. It has been helpful for both states as we have been able to provide support and share info and strategies. It has been through our communications that we have been able to clearly identify the larger picture early on....and have a heads up for what we might be witnessing in our own states.
I have been primarily focused on the cyber-community. It has been quite a rapid development with a lot of mobilizing quickly to address the need for connection and communication. Just two weeks ago... a new page grew to five thousand people over the course of a weekend. This was an issue page related to the investigation of Kathy Nickolaus and voter fraud. While there was great excitement and energy with the development of this page there were for the first time many trolls. That was a tough weekend for all of us and our candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg got hit so hard she had to close down her FB page to public posts.
The Wisconsin protest cyber community had to learn how to protect itself from this situation. It turns out that there are two basic ways and one involves the attention of the administrator and the other is way to block oneself.
I am framing the situation as I would like to spread the word and encourage people to join the Heartland FB page as a way to follow the situation. I am encouraging citizens to serve as "cyber witnesseses". It means I would make the site more public and encourage people to let others know and the link would be posted on larger sites where we can find people beyond the midwest... I do not want to do this without your permission and without you understanding that if this was to happen we would NEED your help removing the trolls as quickly as possible...to keep the site safe for communications. I can be of assistance but we would need to discuss options for achieving this.
It is time for this movement to grow again and sites like yours are important gateways to information and interactivity. Please let me know if I should proceed to promote this site beyond the Wisconsin protest community. Please feel free to contact me by email or friend me on Facebook for a more direct connection...Bev Richey | Milwaukee.
Thank you for all your work and support of Benton Harbor and I look forward to continuing to connect with your organization as we grow this protest movement. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely Yours,
Bev Richey
CyberCitizen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
P.S. Here is a link to one of the other Michigan Protest FB pages that I am archiving and recommending, I will do something similar for your page... the question is how much exposure do you want me/us to give it.
http://blogablebev.blogspot.com/2011/04/michigan-rally-information-1.html
Friday, April 15, 2011
NO MORE TROLLS
BACK TO THE FRONT TO FIGHT
Posted on Facebook as a note by: The Heroic Wisconsin 14 on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:52pm
"I know that there is such a thing as freedom of speech & support that completely. I know that there is intelligent debate too. I also know that most of us have been fighting the hard fight & rarely getting sleep for the last 7 weeks.
"I DO NOT tolerate TROLLS."
I'm sorry if any of you would rather be on a page that lets them run loose & only bans them if they use hate speech. I do not have that tolerance. I've had my teeth kicked in far too many times & they don't listen or even WANT to listen. Trolls cannot be convinced, they are here to attack. They instigate because it's easy to be ignorant to people when you're safely at home behind a computer screen." See Full Note | BACK TO THE FRONT TO FIGHT
Posted on Facebook as a note by: The Heroic Wisconsin 14 on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 7:52pm
"I know that there is such a thing as freedom of speech & support that completely. I know that there is intelligent debate too. I also know that most of us have been fighting the hard fight & rarely getting sleep for the last 7 weeks.
"I DO NOT tolerate TROLLS."
I'm sorry if any of you would rather be on a page that lets them run loose & only bans them if they use hate speech. I do not have that tolerance. I've had my teeth kicked in far too many times & they don't listen or even WANT to listen. Trolls cannot be convinced, they are here to attack. They instigate because it's easy to be ignorant to people when you're safely at home behind a computer screen." See Full Note | BACK TO THE FRONT TO FIGHT
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