Potterdammerung again: Public Service Announcement

[pegkerr]

A very irate ali_wildgoose reports:

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

IF "HARRYPOOTER" FRIENDS YOU, DO NOT GO AND LOOK AT THEIR JOURNAL. IT IS A ^*&^*%@ GIANT SPOILER FOR HARRY POTTER.

Like me, she also recommends setting your comments as "friends-only" That troll also commented with spoilers to Ali's journal.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

"I can't imagine why anyone would want to do this? I mean, what's the bennie?"

Surely you can imagine it. It's malice, pure malice. And it's highly leveraged malice. You can ruin the fun of thousands, maybe millions, of people -- without actually causing physical harm.

You might not want to do this. But certainly you can imagine that someone would get their rocks off this way.

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[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Oh, I understand the malice, but it seems pretty... I dunno, "unproductive". You don't get to 'see' the other person' reaction--other than maybe a posted comment. Which I suppose would be enough for some, but I think enough people would know that foaming at the mouth is exactly what "malice-doer" wants.

This makes me think of that quote of Plato's: "People is dumb."