#trollingforgood

[ldybelle]

Fun cookie time last night 🤗 #trollsworldtour #trollingforgood (at Palmdale, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-i_LiaJps8/?igshid=1sgd72j2m7vt0

[lboogiepopworld]

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🥰🥰🥰🥰 My FAVORITE new bop for Spring 2020! #SaturdayThoughts #TrollingForGood #Repost @collective.audio @download.ins --- @sza @justintimberlake - The Other Side https://www.instagram.com/p/B9vJB-QjzSx/?igshid=3d572nx0dkc8

[nerdzgarage]

#TrollingForGood Dragon's aren't scary... #pandemia #dragons #dungeonsanddragons #CriticalRole #critters @CriticalRole (at Nerdz Garage) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pqEmDB0o1/?igshid=5mc1wrggrkey

[legendaryalishabazz]

♟️#Thursdaymorning #Check ♟️LET YOUR NEXT MOVE BE YOUR BEST MOVE #TrollingForGood 🏆#WestLosScandalous #NewSeason #SundayNights

[marnyaw-blog]

Trolling & social media conflict

I’m really at a loss for words this week.

Just be nice

Why is it so hard? How can we say horrible things to each other?

Just be nice

Trolling is posting inflammatory comments in an online forum with the intent of eliciting an emotional response often purely for the troll’s own amusement.  This issue has escalated to point that trolling is now equated to online harassment.  

In the interest of not spiralling myself down a very dark rabbit hole with further analysis of trolling, I have found examples of:

TROLLING FOR GOOD

Love, marriage & trolling

Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds have often expressed publicly their joking natures with each other and that playful banter online is #relationshipgoals fodder for us all.

Paula Deen backlash

After well documented racist comments, trying to carry on in the social media forum was a tough call.  Paula Deen received some trolling responses to her social media engagement attempts

The 7 legged spider payment

Below begins one of my favourite interactions as David Thorne attempts to make payment on an overdue electricity account.  This hilarious correspondence is a legendary example of early trolling.  If you somehow missed the exchange it’s worth the read of the full interaction. 

Sticking it to Washington Redskins

The best part of South Park’s promo trailer for Season 18 is that it aired during a Redskins game.

Targeting the trolls

When US Target department store announced that it was trying to make some store sections less gender specific their social media pages were barraged with complaints.  However, the responses from a fake Target customer service account was trolling turned around. 

India’s censorship

The Indian government censored a number of websites for its citizens.  One of the banned websites CollegeHumor created a creative troll to return the favour, but they may never know.

#BetterBundoBook

Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence is known for his conservative views on marriage equality and other bigotry.  In a trolling twist to the “John Oliver effect,” a rival children’s book was released the day prior to Pence’s and sold considerable more copies.  To add to the troll nature of the stunt the book depicts the Vice President's rabbit falling in love with another boy and giving all profits from the book sale to LGBTQIA supporting charities.

Finally

A trolly comeback to a troll