They hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s hashtags and name during national epilepsy awareness month, when the most people follow the feed.
Tag Archives: trollery
Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm
Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.
Police say sorry after Facebook tit-for-tat with “keyboard warrior”
How should you respond when you’re representing an organisation on social media?
Reddit’s filth to be locked in the basement
The new policy is for “abhorrent” content to require a login to access, to be kept invisible to searches, and to generate no revenue.
Reddit CEO goes in search of values for the crisis-hit community
Want to rant, vent, or dialogue with the new CEO? Take a deep breath: he’s doing an Ask Me Anything session. Saints, have mercy on his soul. 
New algorithm could auto-squash trolls
Researchers have come up with a tool that spots troll behaviour and low readability 80% of the time. That’s 20% “oops.” Worth it?
Revenge porn hits two high profile boyfriends where it hurts
Former NSA analyst and vocal NSA supporter John Schindler had his pink parts exposed by a lover in an extramarital affair, and a state representative’s chief of staff was outed by a porn star ex-girlfriend and subsequently resigned. Revenge porn might typically target women, but these cases clearly show that we’re all vulnerable when it comes to sharing explicit content. 
Twitter glitch makes it more difficult to report abuse, while “mute” is on its way
It’s supposed to be fixed soon, but in the meantime, trolls’ favorite targets are once again suffering the typical onslaught. On the plus side, Twitter on Monday also said it would be offering a “mute” function – the same thing it tried to do in December, but this time around, it seems to be doing it right. 