“The Trolls Among Us,” an 8.3 N.Y. Times Magazine piece by Mattathias Schwartz, is a mildy confusing, difficult-to-read article about a “growing internet subculture with a fluid morality and a disdain for pretty much everyone else online.” Is it fair to call any HE regulars “trolls”? Who are the nihilists? I don’t have a list exactly, but there certainly seems to be an occasional nihilist virus in some of the jottings on this site.

August 1, 2008by Jeffrey Wells16 Comments