What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments?
What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments?
I am aware of
- Sea-lioning
- Gaslighting
- Gish-Galloping
- Dogpiling
I want to know I theres any others I'm not aware of
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Using a wedge issue as a universal bludgeon to attack anyone that disagrees with them.
Not sure what technique that's called. Concern troll, possibly?
Also, vote manipulation. Basically they spin up a bunch of alts across different instances and boost/demote posts and comments in an attempt to steer discourse toward their agenda.
Concern troll is, as I understand it, more directly faking concern for a person. Things like "Are you okay? Do you need to talk to someone?"because you rebutted their argument, or "Suicide/self harm are never the answer" because you posted an opinion they disagree with. Sometimes it even rises to the point of reporting comments as self harm in a way that gets an automated or admin response.
Sock-puppet or from 4chan "samefagging". Sorry for the use of the word.