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sjru · 9 months

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[NMA [2022] Meeting at a con

This is an artpiece I got with my friend Coulias of him and me at a con This pic was made by Topjhen (hts me) Art by him

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#coulias #burdcawrio #sjru #toon #toony

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godbirdart · 3 years

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commission for CouliasGryphon

#coulias #burdcawrio #2021 #furry #anthro #gryphon #armor #lightning #electricity #clouds #storm #thunderstorm #blue #godbirdart #godbird #commissions #portraits #digital #digital art

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nemaneart · 3 years

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"I'll let go, if you let go!" Coulias and Pyxaron locked in a playful game, where Coulias tries to pull Pyxaron a little deeper, and Pyxaron clings to his tail. Coulias belongs to @Burdcawrio Pyxaron belongs to @Pyxaron

#gryphon #coulias #pyxaron #dragon #raptor #playful #beak #drool #maw #tail tug #illustration #painterly #nemane

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digitalsocietyblog-blog · 4 years

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The Power of Trolls

In the evolving digital age, social media has become a large part of many peoples’ lives. We use it to communicate with friends, advertisers use it to sell new products, and celebrities show off the behind the scenes of their lives. With around 7.8 billion people making up the population, 3.8 billion of these people are active social media users (Statista, 2020). Despite many people using social media for positive reasons such as entertainments, activism and social change, the focus of this blog post will be looking at how social media can enable ‘trolling’ through users being able to be anonymous and hide their true identity.

So what exactly is trolling? Trolling can be referred to being ‘a complicated phenomenon that cannot be reduced to a single definition or explanation’ (Synnott, Coulias & Ioannou, 2017). However, Baker (2001), Cox (2006), and Brandel (2007), describe trolling as the posting of incendiary comments with the intent of provoking others into conflict. Those who troll view their actions as entertainment and take pleasure in hurting others anonymously and is often a result of wanting attention, boredom and revenge (Shachaf & Hara, 2010).

Those who troll often do not intend to cause long-term harm, however there are consequences to this form of online bullying. These consequences include lowered self-esteem, depression and in some cases suicide (March, 2017). Aged just 40, Caroline Flack committed suicide in her home (Bagwell, 2020). Before her death, Flack was facing criticism online due to the claims she assaulted her boyfriend. Despite her partner disputing these claims, Flack received death threats, abuse online and even criticism in mainstream media. Many people, including MP Lisa Nandy blamed social media for failing to prevent the trolling Flack was facing, stating ‘In no other area of life would we allow private companies to police themselves. We ought to make sure the state has a system of regulation and support around that’ (Proctor, 2020). Following her death, many social media users shared #BeKind, a hashtag used by Flack.

Flack’s case is just one example of the effects of trolling; but it should be taken into consideration what social media platforms are doing to prevent online abuse and how they are punishing users who troll. Platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook allow users to ‘mute’ notification based on certain keywords, report users and ‘block’ accounts (The Sun, 2019). However, due to the ability to be anonymous, those who troll are able to make new accounts to continue their trolling even after users have blocked the trolls’ original account. Currently there is an online petition to make online abuse a specific criminal offence. This would mean those who are found guilty will no longer be able to make anonymous accounts due to having their IP Address blocked.

It can probably be said that internet trolls will continue to exist despite the attempts made to diminish the number of trolling cases. It is important that social media users do not engage with trolls but continue to be aware that words can have an everlasting effect on people. This blog post will end with a quote shared by Flack a few months before her death – ‘If you can be anything in the world, be kind’.

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Bagwell, Matt (February 2020). Caroline Flack Has Died, Aged 40. Retrieved from: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/caroline-flack-dead-dies-love-island_uk_5e482b9dc5b64433c617296c [accessed 16/03/20].

Baker, P. (2001). Moral panic and alternative identity construction in Usenet. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 7(1).

Brandel, M. (2007). Blog trolls and cyberstalkers: How to beat them. Computerworld 28(32).

Cox, A. (2006). Making mischief on the web. Retrieved from: http://www.time.com/ time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570701,00.html [accessed 16/03/20].

March, E. (July 2017). Psychology of internet trolls: They understand what hurts people but simply don’t care. Retrieved from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-13/trolls-understand-what-hurts-people-but-they-simply-dont-care/8701424 [accessed 16/03/20].

Morse, F. (2013). Trolling And Online Bullying ‘Affects One In Three’. Huffington Post UK. Retrieved from: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/21/trolling-online-bullying-lolz-not-trolls-_n_2732660.html [accessed 16/03/20].

Proctor, K. (February 2020). Caroline Flack: politicians condemn press intrusion after presenter’s death. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/16/politicians-condemn-press-intrusion-after-caroline-flacks-death [accessed 16/03/20].

Shachaf. P. & Hara, N. (2010). Beyond vandalism: Wikipedia trolls. In Journal of Information Science, Vol.36. pp.357-370. Sage Publications.

Sun Reporter. (September 2019). Online Hate: what is the law around internet trolls and trolling?. Retrieved from: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9915679/what-is-the-law-around-internet-trolls-and-trolling/ [accessed 16/03/20].

Synnott, J., Coulias, A. & Ioannou, M. (2017). Online trolling the case of Madeleine McCann. In Computers in Human Behavior, Vol.71. pp.70-78.

#digital media #social media #trolling

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poppy-in-the-woods · 6 years

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Tag game & mini playlist

I was tagged by @st-eve-barnes

Y’all know the drill, if it fancies your tickle or whatever, do it.

How tall are you?

159 cm

What colour are your eyes?

Brown/green

Do you wear any contacts and/or glasses?

I mostly wear glasses, but I wear contacts sometimes, if the occasion calls for it.

Do you wear braces?

I used to as a kid yeah. I still have a gap in my teeth, tough not the usual.

What is your fashion style?

I wear mostly t-shirts and jeans, with sweaters in the cold months.

When were you born?

May 13

How old are you?

26

Do you have any siblings?

An older brother

What school/college do you go to?

I went to an art school and started photography, but never made past 1st year because of my anxiety

What kind of student are you?

If you teach math, you already lost me. I am kinda good student on everything that doesn’t involve complicated calculus.

What are your favorite subjects?

I like History and Literature (the more practical aproach, tough, I don’t care what this dude did in his life, I care about his writing)

What are your favorite movies?

There’s this one I watch whenever I’m feeling really low, it’s called Promoción Fantasma (Ghost Graduation). It’s so funny and silly it makes me smile everytime. Yet again, put on anything Marvel and I’m 100% in.

What are your favorite pastimes?

Writing, listening to music, Tumblr, watching tv shows, going to the movies, sleep, chatting with my friends (online or irl)

Do you have any regrets?

Who doesn’t have any?

What is your dream job?

Famous WriterTM. No, but really, I like to live off my writing someday.

Would you like to get married?

Not really, but that might change. The future is impossible to predict.

Do you want kids? How many?

Look, I can’t take care of myself, let alone a tiny human. I wouldn’t know what to do with a baby if left alone with one.

How many countries have you visited?

Let me count... Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Portugal... that makes 5.

What was your scariest dream?

I have this recurring nightmare when everybody in my town wants to kill me (even my parents) and they chase me with knives and such.

Do you have a boyfriend/a girlfriend/a significant other?

Not right now.

Put your playlist on shuffle and without skipping list the first 15 songs:

1- Let it Be - The Beatles

2- 3:14 every night - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

3- Dissident Aggressor - Halestorm (Judast Priest cover)

4- Live Like There’s No Tomorrow - Selena Gomez & The Scene

5- Chinese Burn (Lunatic Calm Mix) - Curve

6- Valentine - Henry Jackman

7- You Won’t See Me - The Beatles

8- Compère Guilleri - Bruno Coulias

9- The KKK Took my Baby Away - The Ramones

10- Kill Kill - Lana del Rey

11- Telling Lies - Great Northern

12- Who I am to stand still - Biting Elbows

13- Wherever I go - Hannah Montana

14- True Colors - Zedd ft Kesha

15- Letting you go - Bullet for my Valentine

(regarding nº4 and nº 13... I really need to clean up my music, don’t I? I forgot I had that old music in my laptop)

#tag you're it #playlist #about me

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ljcraig16-digitalmediasociety · 5 years

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Sticks and Stones: An insight into online trolling

(Source: Reporting Texas)

In our last blog post, we discussed the importance of offline actions as well as that of online actions in kick-starting movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp. However, while the internet and social media can be used in more positive ways to bring about social change, this blog post will focus on the anonymity and facade that some hide behind on the internet when ‘trolling’ other users.

To begin with, what is trolling exactly? Trolling is said to be “a complicated phenomenon that cannot be reduced to a single definition or explanation” (Synnott, Coulias & Ioannou, 2017), however is widely referred to as involving “deliberate, deceptive and mischievous attempts to provoke reactions from others” (Golf-Papez & Veer, 2016). As Shachaf and Hara (2010) have discovered, online trolls view their actions purely as a form of entertainment and pleasure in being able to hurt others while remaining anonymous; this is often as a result of pure boredom, seeking attention from others or even revenge. Since there is no real gain from trolling others online and for that reason it has been likened to sadism and psychopathy (Buckels, Trapnell & Paulhus, 2014).

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Unfortunately, there are consequences of trolling and online bullying. At the age of just 15, Amanda Todd tragically committed suicide following extensive online trolling and blackmailing (Millet, 2014). This is just one example of when trolling has been taken too far and resulted in someone’s life, while friends and family must deal with the aftermath. A recent report shows that a third of young people have been victim to online abuse and trolling in the short period of just six months; comments that targeted gender, religion and race (Morse, 2013). Furthermore, Herring et al. (2002) argues that online forums provide a new arena for the endorsement of inequality.

In particular, women that regularly use online spaces are subject to scrutiny over body image and this can be damaging in reinforcing misogynistic ideals such as the ‘male gaze’ (Mulvey, 1975). Trolls even employ certain blaming tactics such as rape or death threats, commonly referred to as ‘silencing strategies’ to try and force uses to remove themselves from social media out of fear; females are expected to be complicit with such trolling as it is the “public’s right to critique” (Lumsden & Morgan, 2017).

(Source: The Conversation)

Is there much that we can do to tackle online trolling? New and old media will always play an essential role in forming and reinforcing social norms and stereotypes surrounding gender, race and ethnicity, so it is down to social media users to be aware of this and to not actively engage with trolls. It is important to educate users about the power of their words on the internet and how much it can effect others by being bullied online.

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References:

Buckels, E., Trapnell, P. & Paulhus, D. (2014). Trolls just want to have fun. In Personality and Individual Differences, Vol.67. pp.97-102. Elsevier Ltd.

Golf-Papez, M. & Veer, E. (2016). Don’t feed the trolling: rethinking how online trolling is being defined and combated. In Journal of Marketing Management, Vol.33. pp.1336-1354. Taylor & Francis.

Herring, S., Job-Sluder, K., Scheckler, R. & Barab, S. (2002). Searching for Safety Online: Managing “Trolling” in a Feminist Forum. In The Information Society, Vol.18. pp.371-384. Taylor & Francis.

Lumsden, K. & Morgan, H. (2017). Media framing of trolling and online abuse: silencing strategies, symbolic violence, and victim blaming. In Feminist Media Studies, Vol.17. pp.926-940. Taylor & Francis.

Millet, W. (2014). The Dangerous Consequences Of Cyberbullying and Trolling. The Circular. Retrieved from: http://thecircular.org/the-dangerous-consequences-of-cyberbullying-and-trolling/ [accessed 4th May 2019].

Morse, F. (2013). Trolling And Online Bullying 'Affects One In Three'. Huffington Post UK. Retrieved from: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/21/trolling-online-bullying-lolz-not-trolls-_n_2732660.html [accessed 3rd May 2019].

Mulvey, L. (1975). Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. In Screen, Vol.16. pp.6-18.

Shachaf. P. & Hara, N. (2010). Beyond vandalism: Wikipedia trolls. In Journal of Information Science, Vol.36. pp.357-370. Sage Publications.

Synnott, J., Coulias, A. & Ioannou, M. (2017). Online trolling the case of Madeleine McCann. In Computers in Human Behavior, Vol.71. pp.70-78.

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red-izak · 7 years

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Commission for Coulias!

#gryphon #bird #furry #anthro #anthropomorphic

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one-mans-journery-blog · 7 years

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Internet of trolls

In 2007 on the 3rd of May, three-year-old Madeline McCann was taken from her holiday resort in Praia da Luz after being left by her family in an unlocked apartment (Synnott et al 2017, p.71). In 2007, police found traces of Madeline’s biological DNA in their holiday apartment. As a result an investigation was launched into the theory that Madeline’s parents had sedated Madeleine which had caused her to die in a dreadful accident. The McCanns were never formally charged and are regarded as innocent (Synnott et al 2017, p.71). However, as a result of these allegations the McCanns have since experienced continuous acts of trolling. Brenda Leyland was one of the most prominent McCann troller. Leyland wrote tweets such as

“#mccann I “hate cruelty, liars, those who profit from an others tragedy, ergo my “hate for Kate and Gerry is justified”

However, when Leyland’s anonymity was threatened by the journalists she committed suicide. This is an example of how trolls use their anonymity as a form of protection and once that protection is taken away they back down.

Sources cited:

BBC News 2015, ‘McCann ‘Twitter troll’ Brenda Leyland ‘killed herself’’, viewed 17 April 2017, <http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-31982088>.

Klyueva, A 2013, Encyclopaedia of Public Relations, ‘Trolling’, SAGE Publications Inc, London, United Kingdom.

McCosker, A 2013, ‘Trolling as provocation: YouTube’s agonistic publics’, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, vol. 3 , no. 12, pp.1-17.

Synnott, J, Coulias, A & Ioannou, M 2017, ‘Online trolling: The case of Madeleine McCann’, Computers in Human Behavior, vol.15 no.7, pp.70-78.

Vice News 2016, Is Milo Yiannopoulos the world’s biggest troll?, 27 October, viewed 16 April 2017,<video.vice.com/en_us/video/milo-yiannopoulos-the-face-of-the-alt-right/58015fd906d52da26a598c0f>.

BuzzFeed 2014, Read The Deleted Tweets Brenda Leyland Sent About The McCanns Before She Died, 7 October, viewed 17 April 2017 <www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/read-the-deleted-tweets-brenda-leyland-sent-the-mccanns?utm_term=.djDoLXV8zq#.jfG7lLEr89>

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sjru · 3 years

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