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Originally Posted by smeagol
but saying that ,things as sick as this incident the people need to be stopped as its not just silly trolling its evil and harmful . only matters that bad should be acted upon. anything else people threating to kill eachother or silly jokes or one off remarks no way. happens everyday.
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Back in the good old days the internet more or less policed itself. Malicious trolls were either dealt with quickly by site staff (because the sites were all small to medium sized, personally owned forums, much like TiBB, not huge sprawling messes like Facebook) OR the trolls were torn to shreds by tight-knit forum communities. Which was often brilliant to watch. And participate in. It was
so much better... but you don't get the latter any more, because the people who DO have a sense of justice, the intelligent community members sharp enough (and
just vicious enough) to send people packing, are now too scared to get involved, because they fear real-life retribution or that they themselves will somehow become the target of legal action / a police visit.