“Even if you stick mainly to mainstream sites, you've probably seen glimpses of the internet's underbelly in the comment section at the bottom of news articles. The article could be about local man saving a box of kittens from a burning building, but no matter: the comments will accuse him of hating dogs, setting the building on fire in the first place, and secretly being Barack Obama's Kenyan uncle.”
Source: Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
“Like all conversations about trolling with someone who identifies as a troll, they inevitably circle back to what he describes as 'my free speech bullshit'.”
Source: Troll Hunting: Inside the World of Online Hate and its Human Fallout
“When somebody types on their smartphone and sends a message over the internet that someone is 'unnatural', it is worth remembering that the internet and smartphones are also 'unnatural'.”
Source: Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide
“You should go live under a bridge, that was such good trolling.”
Source: A Destiny of Dragons
“[In]the too solid three-dimensional city, I could never feel myself as anything but spectral, disintegrating, pointless, fluid.”
“It felt like whatever the issue was, it was being repeated by spectral beings who were taking sides.”
Source: Missing, Presumed Dead
“Stay real, work hard, and be a Man!”
“I found a copy of Leven's birth certificate and was surprised to see his birth name listed as E. Leven Thumps. I assume the E. stands for Elton, and I have no idea why they didnt spell it out, but it's intresting to think that it took exactly eleven whacks or thumps to down the oldest tree.”
Source: Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
“It was not only desire.
It was recognition.”
Source: Fire Woman - In the Temple of Desire: A Sacred Journey through Surrender, Pleasure, and Devotion
“Skye, we can´t be anything more than friends"
"I heard you" Skye sent back, which seemed surprisingly reasonable - until the next line arrived. "But nobody said I had to make it easy for you”