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What was the architect thinking? – Swatiska BND floor plan hoax

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Inspired by Travor Paglens latest pictures of Inteligence HQs released on The Intercept I took the liberty to make some slight photoshop modifications to a picture of the new BND HQ in Berlin. :)) The hoax tweet with the modified picture raised quickly a lot of attention, questions and doubts. Also the fake NYT url i added in the spirit of Fake URL trolling helped to get some fast retweets. :)) “Never hit RT before you ve seen the www!”

BND-tweet-swatiskahttps://twitter.com/arambartholl/status/434295582698401793

BND-tweet-photoshoped
https://twitter.com/tomben2512/status/434334766155202560

The picture was doubted by many users. Some of them took the effort to point out the fake. ..

BND-nyt-link
https://twitter.com/Palladin6/status/434414165176750080

…while others users were wondering  about the broken NYT link (which never existed) :))

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March 24th, 2014 at 11:37 am

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Troll Culture, A comprehensive Guide

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http://nm.merz-akademie.de/2012/03/troll-culture-a-comprehensive-guide/

Stefan Krappitz finished his studies with the essay Troll Culture, A comprehensive Guide. It can be read online through a typical imageboard interface. Other options are free PDF dowmlod and print on demand at lulu.com. The book introduces the history of trolling on- and offline and how 4chan, the “best and worst place” on the Internet, became its new incubator. Stefan is brave enough to teach his readers how to be a troll and how to defend yourself against trolls. Stefan gives his definition of what trolling is on page 35:

Trolling is the act of disrupting people for personal amusement or the amusement of many.

This book is required reading for anybody interested in a differentiated discussion of trolling. Forget your prejudices about anonymity, hostility and jerkiness of trolls. Trolling is a art.
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YEAHH!! congrats @falkenberg1 !!

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July 14th, 2012 at 3:47 pm

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