How Gaming Helped Launch the Attack of the Internet Trolls
The meanspirited practice of “griefing,” or marring others’ online experience, started off harmlessly in video games but is now widespread on the web.
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Photo CreditHilary Swift for The New York Times Ingress Has the World as Its Game Board
Ingress, a game originally developed at Google, encourages its one million players to go to actual landmarks in far-flung places.
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Pokémon Go, a new augmented-reality game for smartphones, wants users to step outside and travel between fantasy and the real world.
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Photo CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Q. and A.: Secret’s Founder on the Problems With Anonymity
David Byttow, the former chief of the social messaging start-up, reflects on his mistakes as he starts his new company, Bold.
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Photo CreditKim Raff for The New York Times Imzy Is a Kinder, Gentler Reddit. If It Can Stay That Way.
Dan McComas parted ways with Reddit over how that site was run, and has created an imitator built to ward off trolls and abuse.
