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Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

Spite posted:

A huge portion of "internet culture" started here it's kind of weird. Memes (and the drat impact font), invasions. 4chan was founded by a 15 year old goon, etc. Good moderation has made a massive difference. SA couldn't easily have gone down a dark path.

It used to be you'd make a fake link and show people goatse.
Then it became a Rick Astley video and I was like "wow the internet is way tamer than it used to be"
NOPE FULL WHITE NATIONALISM.
(and seriously, Russia has contributed to this in a serious way. They've trolled in favor of nationalists all over the world for a while now)

I think staying (relatively) small has helped a lot too. People don't realize how much time good moderation takes, and it doesn't scale up well: you need more moderators per user the larger your userbase is, because there's overhead time discussing policies, coordinating, ensuring consistency, etc.

The ten dollar fee doesn't just keep out the chaff, it also keeps the site much easier to moderate by keeping it small.

And yeah twitter is full of organized Russian trolling. Almost all of the "Bernie Bro" harassment trolls turned out to be bots.

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Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

DeadlyMuffin posted:

Do you have any more information on this? I'm curious.

http://shareblue.com/watching-the-hearings-i-learned-my-bernie-bro-harassers-may-have-been-russian-bots/

It can't be proven but it seems very likely.

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