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Trolls, fanboys and lurkers: understanding online commenting culture shows us how to improve it

  • Written by Renee Barnes, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Do you call that a haircut? I hope you didn’t pay for it.

Oh please this is rubbish, you’re a disgrace to yourself and your profession.

These are just two examples of comments that have followed articles I have written in my career. While they...

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