Saturday, March 5, 2011

Hard life for the troll

"As Plato said, if the mythical ring of invisibility really exist and allow the wearer to disappear, surely the owner would become a thief, because it would certainly not be discovered." This is a reflection of Julie Zhuo, product design manager at Facebook, published last November in The New York Times.

Zhuo, online discussions, which it intends to use this idea to explain how to remain anonymous in these discussions often lead to exacerbated tones, accusations over the top, vulgarity. The question, in the network is old (at the time of BBS, the boards of mail that existed before the Web was developed the so-called Godwin's Law: "As an online discussion that gets longer, the probability of a comparison on the Nazis or Hitler approaches 1, at which point the discussion is on the verge of extinction ").

I mention all this because today the problem seems to persist for blogs and news sites. But perhaps there could be a solution that is seen increasingly preying on foot a tool that should bring many new features. It is "Facebook Connect", a software that allows you to comment on posts, news, videos, etc..

on websites and blogs using your Facebook account (from next week will also be implemented on ilfattoquotidiano. it - it will still be those who do not comment it joined FB). The system, says Techcrunch, has strengths and weaknesses. Among the defects, the log-in Twitter and Google are not supported, it is impossible to make a back-up discussions, and the blue block of the site by many companies.

Among the advantages: the comments signed (or from an account) raise the level of debate and do away the troublemakers (trolls). And there's the "viral" assured that the updates via the comments, ending in shouts. Of course, "connect" is an experiment. But it will help us to keep at bay the "troll" that is in us all.

f. mello @ ilfattoquotidiano. en

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