Comments on: What To Do When Unfogged Is Down https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/04/05/what-to-do-when-unfogged-is-down/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: back40 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2010/04/05/what-to-do-when-unfogged-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:19:44 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=1189#comment-7206 Good post, etc. But I think the punch line is mistaken. When you converse online in good faith you don’t lose. It may feel that way to you when trolls and energy creatures infest your conversation, but those who read the exchange score the event differently. Low blows may hurt you, but the miscreant loses points.

What can be said is that it is often boring to engage with such creatures, and you may be tired of wasting energy on them. However, teaching is one of your vices. If they inadvertently offer an opening for you to make some point that interests you anyway, then you might use that as an opportunity to speak to your audience, knowing that they hear you even when the troll doesn’t.

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