Trolling going too far...

Digitally-altered pictures were posted showing Tom's neck in a noose, with the caption: "Hang in there Tom!"
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Natasha MacBryde, from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, was struck by a train on Valentine's Day.

One troll, calling himself 'Peter-Ian Staker' posted: "I heard she caught the midnight train goin nooooo whereeeeeee".
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I chuckled at these.
 
Theophany said:
If an apple falls on a pie does the moon continue to rotate?

Your question is ridiculous, you're talking about something totally different covered by an entirely different legal framework, not to mention moral and social norms.
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moral and social norms are backed by a legal framework, if you read all my posts this is what I said first, this is what needs to be done, a regulated structure legal framework needs to be drawn to ensure this doesn't become normal acceptable behaviour.
 
franco_22 said:
moral and social norms are backed by a legal framework, if you read all my posts this is what I said first, this is what needs to be done, a regulated structure legal framework needs to be drawn to ensure this doesn't become normal acceptable behaviour.
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You were likening physical and verbal abuse in person to Internet trolling. They are nothing alike. Hence your comparison was absurd.
 
I've never stepped onto 4Chan. I simply know that it's an 'image board', I guess like the random image topic here on OcUK but an entire bulletin board of it? I've no idea what /b/ is. I did wiki it, still couldn't make much sense. There's 7chan too.

I'm totally aware of Dramatica though. Very funny site, you'll like it if you like satire, Monty Python etc :-) If someone is being a fool on deviantART, then a troll invasion is normally imminent and you can see it documented on ED, but I don't approve of those who blindly troll like as stated in the OP.

I'm pretty sure on Facebook you can block comments. You certainly can on deviantART.
 
franco_22 said:
moral and social norms are backed by a legal framework, if you read all my posts this is what I said first, this is what needs to be done, a regulated structure legal framework needs to be drawn to ensure this doesn't become normal acceptable behaviour.
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How about we just let the Muslims get what they want as well and pass legislation to stop the criticism of religion?
Sorry pal, passing laws to stop offence being caused is not a good idea.
The person can delete their facebook account, there is nothing stopping them and not doing it is causing problems.
 
It's just the kids who think 4chan is cool, new and edgy and feel part of something when they act immaturely. These same kids reckon they are part of 'anonymous' and all that crap, even though they do little for the cause. I have to deal with their idiocy from time to time at work.
 
The media has done to the term "trolling" as they did with "hacking". The stuff that makes the news is "griefing". But the lines between the two are becoming more and more blurred. Griefing has been around for as long as man kind.

I was listening to a 2600 radio archive show from the late 80s the other week and having them discuss so much of what people today think the internet spawned was illuminating.

Before forums it was BBS's. Before BBS's it was phone phreakers finding conference lines.

The technology might have changed, but the idiocy hasn't.
 
I see this as just as bad as turning up at said families door step and saying

'hang in there tom'

Cant get it through my head why people would want to intentionally make these comments to the immediate attention of the families.... really cant.
 
The Internet is not an appropriate place to display (and allow comment upon) a RIP notice.

You don't entangle your personal life with the idiocy of strangers.
 
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