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[lliira]

Why do people in this year of 2018 still persist in thinking that trolls wouldn't do something that takes a lot of time? Whyyyyy it's like thinking the earth is flat at this point.

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[iosonochesono]

But... What are we talking about?

[lliira]

Okay so someone on Tumblr made an "aphobe block list" that consists solely of names and takes up an entire flash drive (which I don't know if that could even happen) and has nothing to do with aphobes and just so happens to align to people's particular prejudices about Tumblr. It got her a ton of attention, and people started to ask to be added to it. I told one of the principles I thought she was being trolled (it feels exactly like something Ms. Scribe did), and she said she didn't think a troll would spend that much time on something. Which is when I reached my limit for that particular misconception, having heard it over and over and over for years.

This particular thing is a big fat nothing. But I've seen so many people hurt by thinking that trolling takes more time than it does, and that no one would do X horrible troll thing.

[iosonochesono]

Oh. That's... Bizarre. From start to finish.