Charlotte Dawson fights back against Twitter trolls

[Nessie]

It's not just reality tv that she is on. Recently she hosted a red carpet review (I didn't see it so am reporting what has been told to me) of our Brownlow medal - a sports award for AFL football.
The real people that were arriving at the event were the victims of cheap and nasty shots about their appearance, dress etc.
Trivial? Sure.
Does it justify trolls? Absolutely not.
Does she ask for some back? Hmmm?

I think in that case she has taken her on screen persona a bit too far and agree she has asked for some back.

 

[Aepervius]

An interesting article which as me in two minds, as a victim of 'old skool' bullying it's nice to see someone going after them, but I'm not sure this is the right way.



http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/latest...te-dawson-fights-back-against-twitter-trolls/

However, the most interesting quote comes from one of the trolls:



I've long suspected that hacktavists consider what they do is a 'game' with no 'real world' effects, but this is the first thing I would consider hard proof.

I am not exactely surprised. I can remember a few other article showing "caught troll" admitting they did it for the Lulz. A few of my old friend in university at the start of itnernet did not see conversation on internet as "real" conversation with anotehr being either. IMO Writing on a text editor depersonalize and dehumanize : that explain a LOT of things about trolling and general computer interraction online. It is not as if you were saying the same things face to face to somebody.