They are sowing divisiveness through ragebait using sexism as the weapon. That’s toxic, and has been a common troll pattern for all of internet subculture history.
This isn’t new stuff. Same old trolls trolling using the same formula.
Sowing divisiveness using hand waving generalizations meant to isolate large groups against each other is one of the easiest harm causing patterns to keep an eye out for
It’s sad to see folks falling for it, and it’s our responsibility as a community of people to combat it and teach community building literacy in these communities.
Do you want a community that is always at each other’s throats because of a few divisive trolls stirring the pot to get people to go at it using modern gender politics as their weapon? I sure don’t.
They are sowing divisiveness through ragebait using sexism as the weapon. That’s toxic, and has been a common troll pattern for all of internet subculture history.
This isn’t new stuff. Same old trolls trolling using the same formula.
Sowing divisiveness using hand waving generalizations meant to isolate large groups against each other is one of the easiest harm causing patterns to keep an eye out for
It’s sad to see folks falling for it, and it’s our responsibility as a community of people to combat it and teach community building literacy in these communities.
Do you want a community that is always at each other’s throats because of a few divisive trolls stirring the pot to get people to go at it using modern gender politics as their weapon? I sure don’t.