
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
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What’s it about?
Why is the internet a cesspool of outrage and cruelty? This book reveals that trolling isn't a bug—it's a feature of our culture, media, and platform design.
You’ll learn
- Trolling is a cultural performance, not a disorder
- Media and trolls feed each other's need for spectacle
- Platform algorithms are engineered to amplify outrage
- We can reclaim discourse by starving trolls of attention