The Silly Side of New York Comic Con

Posted by Christian Liendo on Oct 16, 2011 in Fandom, Hobbies and Collections, Star Wars

There are those fans who will tell you that cosplay is a high art to be taken seriously — and what follows is a photo essay which doesn’t feature those fans! Shown above is Waldo doing a photo bomb of Princess Leia Organa. And below is that net troll you all know and love: Read more…

Tags: cosplay, Princess Leia, Spiderman, trolls

Are the Trolls Destroying the Internet?

Posted by Michael Pinto on Jun 6, 2010 in Tech

This nice clip shows a few minutes of an interesting panel discussion on Is Civil Discussion Possible on the Anonymous Internet? The panel featured Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, although I found the commentary by Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur to be the most insightful. Keen feels that there’s a feeling of entitlement with the net and no sense of responsibility and what’s needed is a social contract of sorts.

Tags: trolls