White female student dismissed her misconduct claim. Yet, her advocates continue trolling Brown Professor for years now
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An internet “troll” is someone who harasses others in response to the other peoples’ opinions or even just their participation online.
Trolling happens in all corners of the Internet and became a tool (or a weapon)... According to a Pew Research Center 2014 survey, 73% of adults have observed the harassment of others online, and 40% have themselves been targeted for harassment. Trolls most frequently target young adults (18-29), 65% of whom reported that they have been trolled.
Responses to Trolling
In addition to any legal options that a person targeted by a troll may have, non-legal responses include the following.
- Don’t feed the troll. Most trolls just want attention. You “feed” trolls by engaging with them, so if you ignore them, they sometimes give up.
- Block them. Unfriend or block a troll, if possible. Of course, this won’t stop the troll from posting offensive comments or tweets about you, or prevent others from taking up the cudgel against you, too.
- Report them. Report the troll to the online service. This eventually worked for Duca and Jones, and online service providers and social media companies may respond to reports. Check the site’s terms of service to see if the troll is in violation.
- Discuss. Start a discussion of the trolling, in hopes that you’ll marshal support and inspire responses that may discourage the troll. (This, of course, “feeds” the trolls, but it might work when ignoring them doesn’t.)
- Expose. Trolls skulk in anonymity, and may back off if exposed. You can get some information on the sites themselves. Twitter, for example, requires users to provide a name and username, which are publicly available. However, Twitter allows users to give pseudonyms. Check the privacy policy of any site in question to find out what user information is publicly available.
- Exit. You always have the ultimate option—to exit the online site. A less extreme measure is to change one’s username and/or delete one’s profile.
