The parallels are only about half correct though, the trolling is viewed by society as misguided at best, whereas the Chinese cyberposse has societal recognition and de facto government support. That mainstream sanction makes a lot of difference.
Cheeni On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Chew Lin Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for posting! Am a bit surprised--how come there were no comparisons > made to 4Chan adn some of the campaigns against Scientology arising from > there, especially since that was referenced in an earlier article on > trolling > (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?_r=1&sq=trolling%204chan&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all) > ? > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Human-t.html?hp=&pagewanted=all >> >
