Include a basic definition of what you consider trolling. Because people seem to deem a huge variety of things trolling. Silly comments are fine but no direct personal insults.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      What you’re doing isn’t helping, it’s hurting

      https://counterhate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dont-Feed-the-Trolls.pdf

      “Don’t feed the trolls” started out as common sense, because everyone should be able to easily understand it.

      However you are not the only one who can’t understand it on their own, and an absolute shit ton of people have put the time in trying to explain it

      But if you can’t understand this, there’s I absolutely no way you’re “deprogramming” anyone.

      You are actively working against what you say you want to accomplish, I’m not going to out any more time explaining this, because in 2026 if people really don’t understand “don’t feed the trolls” there is zero fucking way no one else has tried to explain this to you

      You are either incapable or unwilling to understand the most basic point of internet etiquette for over 30 years

        • hypna@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          The above poster at least brought a reference. Here’s another covering the backfire effect in general https://psychotricks.com/backfire-effect/

          People are a tricky problem. They don’t often work the way one would think, and certainly not the way we might wish. I think it’s a fair position to take that the social media environment, and the way people with opposing views interact there, has had a non-negligible impact on the rise in extreme views. That definitely includes trolling.

          But here I am offering a differing opinion with a reference in support of the backfire effect, which is some next-level irony.