And boy howdy that gives me a case of the giggles.
Nearly every person who has ever used the word 'troll' is 100% sure the troll is doing it on purpose. Likewise, you have to search really really hard to find someone who uses [journalist] properly as a dehumanizing slur. They're just misguided. They're afflicted by hubris or groupthink or something.
But no you can definitely recognize a troll as a troll on sight. One tweet or less!
Of course in reality most "trolls" are just stupid people being socially inept, as one does.
Obviously the internet needs a citizenship test, and it needs a whole section on Eternal September. No 50% passes here - or god forbid, 30% - 90% or fail.
On the other than, blocking stupid people for being stupid is indeed wise. If you have to call them 'trolls' because Egalitarianism, I guess that's what you do. Most likely it's a social status thing. Nobody dares block a journalist for being a journalist, because they might not be lower status.
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