S.H.A.A.D.E is the acronym a person shared with me tonight to help everyone on social media of any kind remember the six main tricks of trolls to perpetuate non-productive dialog. While the tricks can be summarized briefly, some of them take time and experience to understand and recognize.
- Shock – emotion-fraught Inappropriately thoughtless or hurtful, upsetting content
- Hyper-criticize – purposefully hypocritical criticism to trigger attacks
- Aggress – openly provoke others to retaliate with personal attacks
- Antipathize – exploit people’s sensitive spots with antagonistic context
- Digress – Lead others away from original topics into pointlessness
- Endanger – Offer known bad advice and examples while pretending ignorance
Trolls make me think of the travels of Hobbits.
