This webpage is meant as a resource for publicly-oriented articles about online commenting, internet trolls, and issues of harassment.
Online Articles
The Internet Warriors: Meet the Trolls in their own Home
The Online Abuse of Female Journalists
Lady code trolls and bots for better communities
We Asked 8,500 Internet Commenters Why They Do What They Do
Beyond Comments: Finding Better Ways To Connect With You
Journalists and Online Comments
Comments are Changing. Our Commitment to Audiences Shouldn’t
Swallowing the Red Pill: a journey to the heart of modern misogyny
Internet: The Murky History of Moderation
A Toxic Web: what the Victorians can teach us about online abuse
Comments on articles are valuable. So how to weed out the trolls?
The Dark Side of Guardian Comments
Against “Don’t Read the Comments”
The Psychology of Online Comments
The Threat Facing Online Comments
Should We Put an End to Online Comments?
A Brief History of the End of Online Comments
Forcing Commenters to Use Real Names Won’t Root Out the Trolls
Let’s Do Away with Anonymous Online Comments
What Do Online Comments Say About You?
The Beginning of the End for Online Comments?
The Case for Ending Online Comments
Why Women Don’t Leave Comments
Online Comments are Being Phased Out
5 Tips for Dealing with Negative Comments
What you need to know about Blog Comments? (and Using Disqus)
“Shrinking Women”: Layers of Reception and Literary Topoi in Viral Video Poetry
Good Podcasts
This American Life (“If you don’t have anything nice to say, SAY IT IN ALL CAPS)
Online Comments: A Wicked Problem
Online Comments: The View from the Trenches
Should I Respond to Negative Comments? (click to episode 325)
Why I Don’t Allow Comments on My Website
How to Leave Comments on Other Blogs
Have Online Comments Gone Too Far?
ProBlogger Podcast (a good resource in general)