Angry people looking for fights will inevitably try to poison successful Internet communities.
Columnist Cory Doctorow looks at ways to remove the poison without killing the discussion too. The Internet Tough Guy is a feature in all Internet social forums. These are people who poison discussions with anger, hatred, and threats. Some are malicious. Some are crazy. Typeface Project - Elegant Blog Tool and Weblog Platform. ‘As if nobody’s reading’?: the imagined audience and socio-technical biases in personal blogging practice in the UK.