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No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

x4740N @lemm.ee

2d ago

What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments?

I am aware of

Sea-lioning
Gaslighting
Gish-Galloping
Dogpiling

I want to know I theres any others I'm not aware of

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Someone started talking about my hair in the profile picture on a discussion on another site because they didn't agree with what I said.
When people do shit like this I just disengage. Life is too short to waste with bad faith arguments.
- Ad-Hominen attack, I think its called.
  
  Ad hominem. Yes, that's it.
  
  https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

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