Instagram now lets you block people from commenting on your posts
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Category Archives: comments
Is there a way to prevent comments from being abused for command and control?
Botnets typically are coordinated over protocols like HTTP or IRC. However, to make such command and control traffic harder to spot, attackers have occasionally turned to other channels, including normal-looking communicatio… Continue reading Is there a way to prevent comments from being abused for command and control?
Using real names online ‘leads to discrimination and harrassment’
Common sense suggests that requiring people to use their real names online would lead to better behaviour – but the evidence doesn’t support that Continue reading Using real names online ‘leads to discrimination and harrassment’
Vice is the latest site to call it a day on comments
The ranks of publications sick of donning hazmat suits to clean up hate speech, threats, comment spam and malicious links keep swelling. Continue reading Vice is the latest site to call it a day on comments
YouTube is cleaning up and it wants your help!
YouTube is enlisting “Heroes” for its new program to moderate comments, flag objectionable content and make the site “better for everyone”. Continue reading YouTube is cleaning up and it wants your help!
Instagram users to take control over abusive comments
The photo and video app now allows users to control and filter comments to thwart online nastiness. Continue reading Instagram users to take control over abusive comments
The Guardian lifts the lid on its trolls and abusive comments
The Guardian has shared the results of its research into the 70 million comments – the results are shocking but won’t come as a huge surprise to anyone familiar with the state of online discourse. Continue reading The Guardian lifts the lid on its trolls and abusive comments
Legendary Internet Troll Ken M on What Comment Sections Tell Us About Ourselves
“They have the opportunity to connect with people and they choose instead to be dicks to each other.” Continue reading Legendary Internet Troll Ken M on What Comment Sections Tell Us About Ourselves
Commented code block in PowerShell
Comment out large blocks of code with PowerShell.
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