PC Mag: Twitter Should Hire Curt Schilling as Sheriff
This article demonstrates that the dangers of being an internet troll1. Curt Schilling tweeted about his daughter’s acceptance into college. Several people responded with vile tweets, including threats of rape. In response Mr. Schilling posted the identities of these trolls, causing one to be fired and some of them may be prosecuted as sex offenders. While the punishment for these trolls could be seen as harsh, it does help to demonstrate that the actions we take while online can have far reaching effects. Sadly it seems that all to often people feel that they are anonymous on the internet and free to say anything they want without consequence. Hopefully this incident will cause other people to think twice about what they say online.
1 “In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community” (Wikipedia).
“Troll (Internet).” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 13 Mar. 2015. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)>.