‘Sealioning’, A Trolling Tactic On Social Media. What Is It?

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[Manpreet Singh]

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You know something when you see it sometimes in life. A particularly talented player is often distinguished above others in competitive sports. Social media has become a major element of society’s everyday landscape. Interaction, sharing of knowledge, debate, discussion, hostility, and harassment are present and many people show the Dunning-Kruger Effect. People that troll online appearing to ask honest inquiries, but only continue to pretend ignorance and repeat the “happy” process until someone gets tired up. They might so present their opponents as unreasonable and assaulting them. Comment sections of weather blogs about climate change are quite prevalent. The phrase ‘sealioning’ is based on that beautiful comic. Sealing merges rhetorically relentless questions – frequently with a loud-insisted commitment to reasonable discourse over fundamental knowledge, information that can be found elsewhere, or unrelated or tangential issues. It is a serious endeavor to learn and to share. Although the “sea lion” questions could appear benign, intentionally designed, and damaging. Now you will see how easy it is to spot it in the field when we have named and linked a name to the sealioning occurrence. It appears in the political debate. It is a cornerstone of the people who harass health professionals and scientists (think: anti-vaccine movement). Furthermore, it is very intriguing to be a witness — it’s almost insupportable unless it happens to you. Those who are involved in sealing delight in laying claim that they are trying to find a meaningful basis in a sensible discourse that actually secretly legitimizes a part of their goal. Talk to specialists for a fake middle ground, asking questions. With three simple clicks, everyone can become an expert. Check your goal by linking it to an unpeer-reviewed source like a blog or an extremist website hosting several studies that you do not comprehend, cherry-picked low quality. How is true questioning in good faith distinct from unfair sealing in evil faith? It’s a gray zone, of course. But it would be useful to look for a social media environment to direct your query. Does someone perceive of being sealed on some issues, like climate warming or abortion, report on them repeatedly? If so, then they might be well practiced disseminating their views covered by this kind-murder strategy. On the incorrect side of the dispute, you also might gain your place. Sealing is ultimately a literary art. And that’s a nasty one.

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