#cyber trolling

[tpquill]

Beware of the trolls - part 2

We live in a world were many a cyber bully hides behind the alias of “guest” by logging into sites and posting their repugnant garbage free of anonymity. As I’ve stated previously, fansites have their fair share of phantom bloggers; hiding behind VPN’s so you can’t trace their IP - so sure they will never get caught. Too afraid of exposing their true identity because that would mean you know who they are and where they’re located. But are more than happy to trace where you have come from, right down to high school/middle school and the very street you once lived in.

Their insidious need to profess their hatred of anything you post, the vapid toxicity of their rants - their reasons behind the hatred they spew, simply because you have a corner of the webspace that belongs to you and your opinions, well how dare you have that right?

My advice…don’t feed them. Don’t give them what they so desperately need - attention. Block and report or simply just block. They hang on to your every word, your every reblog and post. They crave the attention you give them by replying to their bile and phlegm, they want to get a rise out of you, because then they feel vindicated. Those more vocal have more to loose. In every fandom there are trolls; cave dwelling haters. You expose them by replying back to them, it makes them feel somehow important, needy, desperate. The more attention you give them, the more they flourish under your misdirected guidance. Their mental behaviour is exposed quite quickly because of their needy grasp on fantasy - they have you in the corner, you vulnerable, you exposed. If they were so apt at being cyber sleuths “I know where you live” google is a wonderful thing and you know what else is - blocking and deleting their sorry ass. They use threats like this to make you feel vulnerable - they get under your skin by threatening your very existence - thus leaving themselves wide open. They dox and mine peoples information for what gain, to have the upper hand - and do exactly what with it?

[bigmsaxon]

Shadowrun: Dragonfall came out ten years ago today! Well the original DLC version for Shadowrun Returns did anyway, which meant the first appearances of best girls Glory and Eiger. The Director's Cut came out in September so I'll probably draw something around then as well.

[alexmohawk]

I tried to make a troll sona :3

Their name is Alexy, they're a Cyber punk troll and their Trollex's new friend, cause I love this little guy, he's my favorite! I even got a funko of him on my birthday and he glows ✨

[mifgirlcomics]

Hi cyber guy ! I'm Sammy Lawrence from BATIM

[cyberbliitz]

Trolls OCs and some OC x canon <3

[strawbszz]

[justmebeingdifferent33]

Be careful who you trust on the internet. Some people easily hide their dark sides.

Deep down I don’t want to believe that someone I knew from the online world and thought I’d trusted and had featured in the book I’m currently writing would have been paid off by one of my haters. I just can’t help but think it could quite possibly be true though. From pro-gambling lobbyists to paedophile sympathisers to those siding with the police that tried to frame me and got sacked, I have…

[crazyskirtlady]

*Attracting Companionable*

[Programed Psionic Engine (Hypervisual)]

Harmonizer patterned field to attract sympathetic vibrations to your own

Eloptic energy wave manipulator programmed to cancel out conflicting energies that seek to bring discord

[fantasycigar]

Internet trolls on both sides

Social media has bridged the gap in so many way, and one of them is hatred and violence. Now more than ever it is easy to harass people conveniently from your home without exposing yourself or harming yourself. Truly powerful concept.

[herkingmentality-shesunbreakable]

It may not seem like I have given up using social media but, over the years there have been sites that I was banned from, or my account was terminated. And there are certain habits that I had using social media that I no longer have. I do not follow ANYONE online who keeps everyone updated with news especially conspiracies.

I do not to get lost in fear mongering video's or stuck in the maze of an apocalypse or depopulation/The Great Reset. Doesn't mean I don't pay attention.

At work in the break room, I watched news reporters on television tell people feces and bacteria was in tap water and they told people the cheapest filter they could get would be $500+-$3,000. It was not what they said, it was their humor about the topic. I do not have cable TV. I have apps and I see the most ridiculous television videos posted online where it's obvious that the news outlets are okay with telling lies and threatening people in these odd ways about the next pandemic or nuclear war. I appreciate people who still expose the truth and lies mixed with the truth but, I do not follow anyone and when I promote them, it doesn't mean I agree with everything they say or stand for. Some vloggers are going into topic's that have nothing to do with human rights or it's their opinions about a lifestyle or case in the national news that is meant to distract or cause division. I do not speak on immigration though I believe everyone deserves to me safe and have shelter.

I like video's I do not share because I no longer feel the need to over share when it comes to information. I think people need to learn how to take care of themselves and their children when it comes to education about this society and how the world works. I do not share video's on trafficking for example but I know trafficking is a problem.

I don't watch programmed television nor do I really watch television through apps. I scroll online because there are better news outlets than cable TV offers. People just have to educate themselves enough to know when something is truth, a lie or a distraction and you still have to separate yourself from it and focus on your health and your family.

I love learning about life and history. Over the years, I have looked up information on maintaining natural hair without damaging it as much, I have learned about GMO's, healing with herbs, mind control, how to drive a forklift, cooking, conspiracies and health remedies and the list goes onto the New Age movement and the Twin Flame bullshit which is a door way to mind to mind telepathy and a person accepting mind control and neural rape.

I enjoy learning about various topics and philosophies without becoming someone else or becoming someone that just repeats it or becomes affected by everything I take in and learn from using the Internet.

I still promote awareness on mind control and my blacklisting because I have loved through it since fall 2007.

I am about done with Instagram. And I only privately scroll and like video's funny and educational or just interesting to me. The site has become so corrupted that I can't even make a comment even when I am praising the poster. It's because controlled opposition is preferred over an actual victim.

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[wandering-wolf23]

Given the state of LGBT rights in Russia, I can actually see state sponsored trolls/hackers doing this. It’s not because they hate fanfic or Ao3, it’s probably because they wanted money or because they wanted to cause LGBT people a little heartburn. Anonymous Sudan isn’t Sudanese, either. They are Russian and they have ties to a Russian hacker group called Killmilk/Killnet.

I’ve heard some folks say that “milk” can be used as a slur towards Ukrainians, but I can’t confirm that and I honestly don’t feel like digging around for information on Russian slurs.

Anonymous Sudan likes attacking Western websites. This isn’t their first rodeo, either. As CyberCX puts it (and they are reputable, as far as I understand), “Anonymous Sudan is publicly aligned with other pro-Russia threat actors that are likely affiliated with the Russian state” and “ On 25 and 31 March 2023, CyberCX observed high-traffic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against Australian organisations”. It fits their MO: attack something with a “soft” underbelly (like an organization that owns their own servers) and post a demand for an absurd ransom. In this case, 30,000 Bitcoin.

Telegram is also known to be affiliated with the Kremlin (IE: Russian powers that be). The text itself reads like it was written in Russian, then fed into Google translate for Arabic, then fed into English. This actually makes sense, because Anonymous Sudan posted in Russian first, only later changing to Arabic to add extra fuel to the troll fire. Not every language translates cleanly into another, especially languages where there are only a few loan words/base words. EX: I’ve had Google Translate turn “cleanly” into “scrubbing” because the service is guessing at the meaning of the word used. This also happens a bit more often if the words needed in Language Number 2 are a bit closer than what you realize. Google translate doesn’t always give you a 1:1 translation, but it’s super easy to use.

It’s not xenophobia to draw conclusions based on known entities. Russian trolls are a known factor. Telegram is known to be a Russian troll hot spot. Anonymous Sudan is known to be a Russian entity (seriously, read the links). They’ve done this before. Hell, they even hacked Microsoft.

TL;DR: Anonymous Sudan is known to be Russian, LGBT+ rights in Russia suck, and they probably did this to get $$$ and give people heartburn. In other words, typical trolls.

I've heard that the supposed ao3 hacking group is actually Russian in origin. It fits their MO - Russia is *wildly* anti-LGBTQ. I've heard from Russian folks that ao3 is banned there because of "moral degeneracy". Aka putin doesn't like it

youve just got the dictionary definition of this going on

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

On 7/31/2019 Trump has a private meeting with Putin. On 8/3/2019, just 3 days after his private meeting with Putin, Trump issues a request for a list of top US spies. By 2021 the CIA reports an unusually high number of their agents are being captured and/or being murdered. During the search executed at Mar A Lago the FBI find more documents with lists of U.S. informants on them.

A Timeline

• FBI wiretapped Russian gambling ring headquartered at Trump Tower for two years - March 21, 2017

• Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador - May 15, 2017

• Trump, Putin Meet For 2 Hours In Helsinki - July 16, 2018

• Rand Paul Goes To Russia And Delivers Letter For Trump, Marking Our Era Of Irony - August 9, 2018

• Following the Money: Trump and Russia-Linked Transactions From the Campaign to the Presidential Inauguration - December 17, 2018

• The US extracted a top spy from Russia after Trump revealed classified information to the Russians in an Oval Office meeting - September 10, 2019

• Trump’s Loose Lips Force US to Extract Spy From Kremlin - September 10, 2019

• Was Mar-a-Lago Trespasser a Tourist or a Spy? A Judge Said Her Story Didn’t Hold Up. - November 25, 2019

• Trump downplays massive cyber hack on government after Pompeo links attack to Russia - December 19, 2020

• Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says - January 29, 2021

• There was Trump-Russia collusion — and Trump pardoned the colluder - April 17, 2021

• Longtime GOP operatives charged with funneling Russian national’s money to Trump, RNC - September 20, 2021

• Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens of Informants - October 5, 2021

• Files Seized From Trump Are Part of Espionage Act Inquiry - August 12, 2022

• Ex-Clinton aide implies 'President of France' file found at Trump's home during Mar-a-Lago raid could be valuable to Putin as 'kompromat' - August 13, 2022

• Inventing Anna: The tale of a fake heiress, Mar-a-Lago, and an FBI investigation - August 22, 2022

• Russians used a US firm to funnel funds to GOP in 2018. Dems say the FEC let them get away with it - October 30, 2022

• Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US 'intelligence lowlifes' - January 31, 2023

• Russia's Prigozhin admits links to what US says was election meddling troll farm - February 14, 2023

• GOP operative sentenced to 18 months for funneling Russian money to Trump- February 17, 2023

• Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national after leaving White House: Sources - October 5, 2023

• 'So appalled': What witnesses told special counsel about Trump's handling of classified info while still president - April 24, 2024

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[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Legal Consequences

JK Rowling: hello children Clive Barker: whoa jk rowling! you're alive! Barker: oh thank god we were all really worried Barker: since you hadn't tweeted in a week Barker: unless there was some REASON you're suddenly not tweeting Barker: hahaha

Barker: gee joanne is there some REASON you're not tweeting? Barker: some INCIDENT which might be, for some reason, restraining you from tweeting? Barker: like the advice of a lawyer perhaps? ha ha Poe: don't listen to clive joanne Poe: that lawyer is giving you good advice

Rowling: can you believe that imane khelif is sssuing me for cyber harassssment??? Rowling: cyberharasssment. now honesstly what is that? Rowling: do they give a nobel prize for cyber chemissstry?

Rowling: they would never find Britain'ss mosst beloved children'ss author guilty of cyberharassssment! Koontz: Julia Donaldson did cyberharassment?! Rowling: no no i was talking about me! Koontz: you're a children's author? Rowling: of course i wrote the Christmas pig Koontz:

Rowling: and the ickabog!!! Rowling: clive tell him i wrote the ickabog! Rowling: remember when you used to call it the "ickyhog" or whatever, always saying it wrong to troll me? good times right? Barker: yeah we're way past that joanne Barker: like so far past that

Rowling: i wrote the ickabog! the Christmasss pig! Koontz: Rowling: I'm Britain'ss favorite childrenss writer, damnit! Koontz: i like the Gruffalo :) Rowling: ughhhh!!!

Koontz: gosh joanne Koontz: if you feel like people aren't remembering your writing Koontz: maybe you should do more writing? Koontz: instead of the transphobia? Barker: damnnnn Barker: from the mouths of babes! Rowling: shut up

Rowling: that'ss cute, dean Rowling: thiss kid is cute Rowling: ssusspicioussly cute Rowling: let me measure your larynx, "dean" Poe: whoa whoa whoa joanne you can't do that here Poe: this isn't a Kansas elementary school locker room

King: gee joanne this is a real pickle King: maybe you could consult with some of the other named defendants in this suit to compare notes? King: like elon musk! King: elon, wouldn't you like to talk to joanne? Elon Musk: mama mia i like to talka to my besta bambino Stephano king!

King: no really i think you'd prefer to hang out with joanne Musk: me anna Stephano king, we besta pals! Musk: justa coupla paisanos, mama mia! King: please elon

King: go on elon go have a talk with joanne Musk: eyyy Stephano king we besta friends ey? Musk: check dis out Musk: [posts an AI image, it is not clear what it is supposed to be] Musk: ey? ey?

Barker: haha is Julia Donaldson in your vents too? Rowling: NO Rowling: don't mock me! i'm not ssome paranoid fool! Rowling: i have Dianne duane and Katherine applegate in the ventss

King: oh you've got a Katherine applegate infestation now too? Rowling: i think they have a nesst somewhere Rowling: i really need to hire a guy about that Rowling: it's jusst that I've been so busy lately King: oh yeah with the transphobia Rowling: exactly!!! with the transsphobia

[fagbearentertainment]

I finally found out who made this vid it was Mrs Sans LOL

does anyone know the source of this i need to know who made it

[justmebeingdifferent33]

It didn't take them long to report the video of proof as having the ability to create potential unrest.

It’s completely ok to mess with someone’s head, constantly interfere with their opportunities and try to put everyone off from interacting with them…but if you decide to fight against that they’ll quickly put the clamps on it. Yes, the video I recorded of my child protection video being trolled by what appeared to be a notice claiming that it was state-controlled media has been refused for…

[rivkae-winters]

Edit: the app launched and Is down- I have the initial apology video in a post here and I’m working on getting a full archive of their TikTok up ASAP. I’m letting the rest of this post remain since I do still stand by most of it and also don’t like altering things already in circulation.

Warning for criticism and what I’d consider some harsh to outright mean words:

So I’ve just been made aware of the project known of as ‘lore.fm’ and I’m not a fan for multiple reasons. For one this ‘accessibility’ tool complicates the process of essentially just using a screen reader (something native to all I phones specifically because this is a proposed IOS app) in utterly needless and inaccessible ways. From what I have been seeing on Reddit they have been shielding themselves (or fans of the project have been defending them) with this claim of being an accessibility tool as well to which is infuriating for so many reasons.

I plan to make a longer post explaining why this is a terrible idea later but I’ll keep it short for tonight with my main three criticisms and a few extras:

1. Your service requires people to copy a url for a fic then open your app then paste it into your app and click a button then wait for your audio to be prepared to use. This is needlessly complicating a process that exists on IOS already and can be done IN BROWSER using an overlay that you can fully control the placement of.

2. This is potentially killing your own fandom if it catches on with the proposed target market of xreader smut enjoyers because of only needing the link as mentioned above. You don’t have to open a fic to get a link this the author may potentially not even get any hits much less any other feedback. At least when you download a pdf you leave a hit: the download button is on the page with the fic for a reason. Fandom is a self sustaining eco system and many authors get discouraged and post less/even stop writing all together if they get low interaction.

3. Maybe we shouldn’t put something marketed as turning smut fanfic into audio books on the IOS App Store right now. Maybe with KOSA that’s a bad idea? Just maybe? Sarcasm aside we could see fan fiction be under even more legal threat if minors use this to listen to the content we know they all consume via sites like ao3 (even if we ask them not to) and are caught with it. Auditory content has historically been considered much more obscene/inappropriate than written content: this is a recipe for a disaster and more internet regulations we are trying to avoid.

I also have many issues with the fact that this is obviously redistributing fanfiction (thus violating the copyright we hold over our words and our plots) and removing control the author should have over their content and digital footprint. Then there is the fact that even though the creator on TikTok SAYS you can email to have your fic ‘excluded’ based on the way the demo works (pasting a link) I’m gonna assume that’s just to cover her ass/is utter bullshit. I know that’s harsh but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it’s probably a duck.

I am all for women in stem- I’ve BEEN a woman in Stem- but this is not a cool girl boss moment. This is someone naive enough to think this will go over well at best or many other things (security risks especially) at worst.

In conclusion for tonight: I hope this person is a troll but there is enough hype and enough paid for web domains that I don’t think that’s the case. There are a litany of reasons every fanfic reader and writer should be against something like this existing and I’ll outline them all in several other posts later.

Do not email their opt out email address there is no saying what is actually happening with that data and it is simply not worth the risks it could bring up. I hate treating seemingly well meaning people like potential cyber criminals but I’ve seen enough shit by now that it’s better to be safe than sorry. You’re much safer just locking all your fics to account only. I haven’t yet but I may in the future if that is the only option.

If anyone wants a screen reader tutorial and a walk through of my free favorites as well as the native IOS screen reader I can post that later as well. Sorry for the heavy content I know it’s not my normal fare.