Showing posts with label Social media trolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social media trolls. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 March 2017

The guardian of the post truth era - Social Media Trolls


“This person probably lives in their momma's basement, scratching their ass and lacking vitamin D." - #SocialMediaTrolls

 



Again like the post-truth era, trolls have been quite popular terminology on social media. I am going to namesake them as 'the guardian of the post-truth era'. With the rise of social media which keeps occupying our mind, opening up to abuse, spreading lies and sometimes keep invading to our private space.  Such users are termed as trolls.

What does troll mean? 

As per Cambridge dictionary, a noun defined as someone who leaves an intentionally annoying or abusing message on the internet, in order to get attention or cause trouble.

We all know what kind of harassment happened during presidential elections or Brexit. I refer to them as a "guardians of The post-truth era". 


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