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What are we to gather from this? That assholes on the Internet are also assholes in real life?

"Confronting" people like this does little to change their behavior. At best, it publicizes their identities, and causes some minor level of disgrace, but why would that matter to them?



That assholes on the Internet are also assholes in real life?

That's actually useful information because it contradicts the received wisdom that trolls won't troll offline.


I think it was meant to educate us, not him. I assumed trolls were spineless and used Internet anonymity to massage their egos. This guy, though, had no qualms with reconciling his online and real identities. This was interesting for me.

Further, for those trolls that do care about the perception of their real identities, perhaps pointing to something like this and saying "you sound like this guy" is enough to change behavior, albeit at the margin.


I doubt "we" are meant to learn anything form it. But "they" could probably learn a lot.




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