Journal AmiMoJo's Journal: The mod trolls are back 1

A couple of weeks ago something changed on Slashdot. My mod stalker disappeared, presumably their moderation privileges taken away for good. In general the relentless troll and flamebait and overrated mods stopped and for a week or two I didn't have to update my list.

This weekend the trolls came out in force again. They seem to have been triggered by the usual conservative trigger stories: James Damore lost his Labour Board complaint against Google and was slapped down pretty hard, with the legal arguments seeming to not bode well for his lawsuit. Then we had a story about FreeBSD introducing a new code of conduct, and some coverage of the latest school shooting (gun control)...

It seems like the mod trolls are weakened though, being forced to save up their mod points for when they really desperately want to control the narrative. I've come to realize that anything about Damore or other classic right wing triggers are going to be a dumpster fire, with strictly enforced views in the comments. Ironically a lot of these posts are often complaints about censorship and SJWs taking over the world.

Hopefully things will go back to normal this week, and the mod trolls haven't got around whatever the site staff did to them last time.