Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? - Claire Wardle

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Explore the strategies employed by trolls and learn how disinformation campaigns are launched- and how to stop them.
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    Your town is holding a mayoral election and the stakes have never been higher. You suspect one of the candidates will begin pushing false information to swing the election. As the cybersecurity expert, your job is to inoculate the townspeople against false information. First, you must learn the strategies of disinformation trolls. Claire Wardle explores the tactics of disinformation campaigns.
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  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +5590

    “The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
    ― Garry Kasparov

    • @avanikumari4415
      @avanikumari4415 3 года назад +71

      Yass a chess fan!

    • @federico404
      @federico404 3 года назад +96

      @abdou wrecker lmao It's just an example

    • @lucaschiang3130
      @lucaschiang3130 3 года назад +2

      garry = russian = PARTY

    • @SFFRN19
      @SFFRN19 3 года назад +19

      @abdou wrecker Nuclear Must be the future!

    • @heck_n_degenerate940
      @heck_n_degenerate940 3 года назад +92

      @@federico404
      Manager at TED: Aight, so we’re looking to put out a video on misinformation soon. We already have some researchers on it. I sent the details to you on email so good luck working on that.
      Writer at TED: Ok, thanks, I’ll get to working on it right away.
      ‘hmm, alright, I think I could make an analogy about some sort of election to relate to the propaganda
      huh, I need something that won’t get political, if I’m not careful there’s bound to be people angry at the example and will just not listen to the video anyways...
      oh I know! Renewable energy, how could you argue with just hoping for cleaner energy’
      People in the comments:

  • @allonzehe9135
    @allonzehe9135 3 года назад +1970

    What's that 2019 study you referenced? That sounds like a very useful study to read. If it helped beat disinfo we should have everyone play that game.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  3 года назад +891

      Hey there! Here is the study: www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0279-9
      And here is the online game they used: www.getbadnews.com/#intro

    • @thegamingengine4537
      @thegamingengine4537 3 года назад +99

      @@TEDEd nice game

    • @silverleaf15
      @silverleaf15 3 года назад +186

      @@TEDEd Woah this game was wild! I felt like my opposing political view was brainwashed to think a certain way but now I see that I’m brainwashed too lol 😂

    • @anonymousdude2550
      @anonymousdude2550 3 года назад +39

      Nice question you asked allon. 👍🏼

    • @Moss_knight00
      @Moss_knight00 3 года назад +45

      @@TEDEd that was actually really funny and interesting, thanks for sharing

  • @manandahalfx2
    @manandahalfx2 3 года назад +1125

    I want to vote for Joanna B. Greene, but heard she's trafficking children out of pizza restaurants.

    • @kisumisakura9128
      @kisumisakura9128 3 года назад +59

      I was looking for this type of comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @dede6giu
      @dede6giu 3 года назад +11

      IT'S BEEN SO LONG

    • @TuanAnhNguyen-en9bx
      @TuanAnhNguyen-en9bx 3 года назад +32

      Don't tell me those restaurants use animatronics...

    • @jaded8578
      @jaded8578 3 года назад +20

      Are you talking about pizzagate or fnaf?

    • @-willow-980
      @-willow-980 3 года назад

      HAHAHA

  • @AdrianTechWizard
    @AdrianTechWizard 3 года назад +134

    Pretend you are impartial and call your opponents liars.
    Works quite well really.

    • @forsaken841
      @forsaken841 3 года назад +28

      Don’t forget to accuse them of what you’re doing!

    • @lCore17
      @lCore17 3 года назад +16

      Also don't hate on things, just call them "generic" and "mediocre" that also works.

    • @dinf8940
      @dinf8940 3 года назад +6

      preemptively accusing of what you are doing or planning to do is a wondrous tactic, but to really bring it to next level utilize seemingly unaffiliated third parties, often guised as various 'educators' or 'charity/nonprofit' organizations

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 3 года назад +6

      Is that not what this video was doing?

    • @wesjones6370
      @wesjones6370 3 года назад +2

      @@brendancoulter5761 glad I'm not the only one that noticed that ironic point.

  • @andresallegre9780
    @andresallegre9780 3 года назад +94

    this is literally why my student council didn't win, our opponents created various false rumors about us and they ended up winning. now we're stuck with this student council who does NOTHING :(

    • @janicedsilva16
      @janicedsilva16 3 года назад +2

      Poor you.

    • @kissarrahm963
      @kissarrahm963 3 года назад +5

      life is just Mean Girls at every level.

    • @Vectorlarity
      @Vectorlarity 3 года назад

      *writing a bounty poster* uh huh, uh huh

    • @BoBoZoBo
      @BoBoZoBo 2 года назад

      They voted in Ms. Greene, I take it.

    • @wren_.
      @wren_. 2 года назад

      they’ll be voted out next year hopefully

  • @femzzz05
    @femzzz05 3 года назад +7

    One thing I'd like to point out is to never ever get angry. Try your best to remain calm no matter what, the moment you show even a glimpse of annoyance you already lost. Thank you for coming to me TED TALK

  • @johannwong7246
    @johannwong7246 3 года назад +20

    "To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy"
    -Sun Tzu

    • @omsinghpatel2512
      @omsinghpatel2512 3 года назад

      and somewhere in that journey you lost your main purpose.

  • @boogeymann6686
    @boogeymann6686 3 года назад +5

    If I have to be a troll to outsmart a troll, then that would mean someone else would have to be a troll to outsmart me as well. Then someone else will try to outsmart him, and eventually leads to the entire human race turning into trolls trying to outsmart each other...

  • @AxellMorren
    @AxellMorren 3 года назад +1

    Ted Ed: **download this video**
    Me: You've became the one thing you swore to destroy

  • @sukki119
    @sukki119 3 года назад

    Shots fired by TED-ed??? What reality am I in??? Glad I'm a subscriber

  • @martydahley1821
    @martydahley1821 3 года назад +35

    I’m here early but so far the comment section hasn’t turned into a political war zone

    • @thuse5532
      @thuse5532 3 года назад +3

      either give it enough time, or keep on refreshing the comments section...

    • @haruhi_dayo
      @haruhi_dayo 3 года назад +2

      its only a matter of time, im sure

    • @thuse5532
      @thuse5532 3 года назад +1

      i think i already saw some crop up... christ, this world we live in....

    • @AbdulGoodLooks
      @AbdulGoodLooks 3 года назад +5

      Sort by newest comments instead of by top comments.

    • @squid_cake
      @squid_cake 3 года назад

      @Dr Deuteron what's wrong with verifying information? The only thing I'm skeptical with is the person teaching everyone else the ability to see what news is true or fabricated, because they might be biased.

  • @EpicJosh84
    @EpicJosh84 3 года назад +1

    How Michael Afton trolled a small town's population into voter awareness

  • @anshuman.b
    @anshuman.b 3 года назад

    thanks ted ed this info is very useful in my country's heinous election.

  • @falaplazmy
    @falaplazmy 3 года назад +1

    "My opponent is a liar and he cannot be trusted. What he is saying is simply not true." ;-)

  • @bullwhiz650
    @bullwhiz650 2 года назад

    This should play as a commercial in the run up to 2024 and during any debate with Trump

  • @shrek8339
    @shrek8339 3 года назад

    I always outsmart trolls on the internet when my brain is working, its so fun when you get the hang of it :)

  • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
    @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 3 года назад

    Wait, South Park told me that to defeat a troll you gotta say his name

  • @divine_potato
    @divine_potato 2 года назад +1

    LOL Stannis Quo 😂 nice play on words

  • @loszhor
    @loszhor 3 года назад +1

    The only winning move is not to play.

  • @Deathlack
    @Deathlack 3 года назад

    Alright
    Step one: wait for it to rain
    Step two: cover self in oil
    Step three: fly

  • @kenjip2493
    @kenjip2493 3 года назад

    Meanwhile the troller : "E"

  • @fatimaibrahim7821
    @fatimaibrahim7821 3 года назад +1

    very good thanks

  • @hb3549
    @hb3549 3 года назад

    This could not have come at a better time!

  • @sumitkc2727
    @sumitkc2727 3 года назад +4

    I am learning english to watch ted ed's video
    Yes i am an alien dont judge me

    • @raipriyam4359
      @raipriyam4359 3 года назад

      Chup chutiye alien

    • @sumitkc2727
      @sumitkc2727 3 года назад +3

      @@raipriyam4359 guess i'll have to learn other language to chat in comment as well

  • @BJ-zd2or
    @BJ-zd2or 3 года назад

    Society: This is brilliant!
    Athur Fleck: Is it me or is it getting crazier out there....

  • @stephanvelines7006
    @stephanvelines7006 3 года назад

    Don’t ever question Greene

  • @three3ofspades610
    @three3ofspades610 3 года назад

    Can we appreciate the pun of "You wanna be Green" and "Status Quo" more?

  • @lilasutton4436
    @lilasutton4436 3 года назад +1

    As a fellow human, I would like to express how much this Quo guy sounds like Trump's twin (who also thinks like Trump)

  • @quiquerangel2078
    @quiquerangel2078 3 года назад

    I am a mexican and I can't understand everything but I love watching this videos : )

  • @behnamkeivan4633
    @behnamkeivan4633 3 года назад +2

    we do a little trolling

  • @AM-bs1yt
    @AM-bs1yt 3 года назад +1

    Documentary The Social Dilemma it's on Netflix is great about manipulation and radicalization online. Also Project Veritas is awesome!

    • @AM-bs1yt
      @AM-bs1yt 3 года назад

      @Who am I? Sophisticated guessing! Oh, is it Don Cheery! 🍇 he got canceled for dropping the F 💣. That's right he said it foreigners. He was 🎯ing people who don't ware poppies on remembrance day! Am I right?

  • @pallios
    @pallios 3 года назад +1

    You basically just pointed out what is going on with Covid-19.

  • @jeremydoe6124
    @jeremydoe6124 3 года назад

    I'm really good at this! I should have a job!

  • @rileybrown342
    @rileybrown342 3 года назад

    I enjoy Ted Ed videos, but I don't think this one answered its own question.

  • @theekhai6065
    @theekhai6065 3 года назад

    Amazing!!!!

  • @Matthew8473
    @Matthew8473 9 месяцев назад

    The essence of this content is richly stimulating. A book with akin messages was a journey of insight. "Game Theory and the Pursuit of Algorithmic Fairness" by Jack Frostwell

  • @lebronjames4705
    @lebronjames4705 3 года назад +3284

    "The only way to Troll a Troll, is to become a Troll"
    -*The Troll Handbook*

    • @exiledeve
      @exiledeve 3 года назад +113

      First rule of the Troll Handbook is you don't talk about the Troll Handbook.

    • @vaughnjohnson8767
      @vaughnjohnson8767 3 года назад +47

      The second is to spread the book to your friends

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin 3 года назад +48

      Understand the troll, but do not become the troll.

    • @gjk-arts5855
      @gjk-arts5855 3 года назад +44

      How to out troll a troll who’s out trolling a troll?

    • @wilconbarro3469
      @wilconbarro3469 3 года назад +21

      Troll troll troll troll troll troll

  • @azfarahsan
    @azfarahsan 3 года назад +1245

    ted ed: i used the misinformation to destroy the misinformation

  • @Cherry-da-bomb
    @Cherry-da-bomb 3 года назад +1208

    Video: *how to sway votes in your favor*
    Among us players: *interesting*

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 года назад +70

      "Red kinda sus maybe idk"
      *Red was not the Impostor*

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 3 года назад +23

      @@reinatr4848 true show of intellect.

    • @albertmarti2718
      @albertmarti2718 3 года назад +10

      Really? This doesn't ring a bigger bell?

    • @yoyu1001
      @yoyu1001 3 года назад +20

      @@reinatr4848 this is genius because of the "idk"

    • @graep5863
      @graep5863 3 года назад +1

      funi

  • @secret5416
    @secret5416 3 года назад +4351

    Let's take a moment to appreciate the editors and animators.

    • @AM-bs1yt
      @AM-bs1yt 3 года назад +14

      This was some deprived propaganda! Stop censorship, use critical thinking! Look both ways before you cross the street, left and right.

    • @calebmurray4438
      @calebmurray4438 3 года назад +24

      @@AM-bs1yt shut it bot

    • @calebmurray4438
      @calebmurray4438 3 года назад +6

      ^^^
      And that’s a fact

    • @AM-bs1yt
      @AM-bs1yt 3 года назад +4

      @@calebmurray4438 if you're not Canadian you would probably never jet this but "and that's a fact" is what the kids club always used to end with on SCTV skits. 😄😆😂

    • @calebmurray4438
      @calebmurray4438 3 года назад +1

      @@AM-bs1yt I just know it from the Pewdiepie meme

  • @thesenate5913
    @thesenate5913 3 года назад +147

    How to handle a Troll
    Google: turn off your computer
    Ted Talk: troll them back
    Bing: hunt them down

  • @adoredpariah
    @adoredpariah 3 года назад +2061

    Critical thinking and media literacy, through our systems of education one would hope. Thanks for attempting to bring those concepts to people in easily digestible ways, very respectable.

    • @IrishAmericanconnection
      @IrishAmericanconnection 3 года назад

      Cool story

    • @fuzzlemacfuzz
      @fuzzlemacfuzz 3 года назад +1

      Here in the UK the government sets the education policy so that critical thinking is reduced. I imagine same happens in the US

    • @EverydayCanadianMan
      @EverydayCanadianMan 3 года назад +5

      @@fuzzlemacfuzz I think thats a tool lots of sadly mostly conservative governments do. I know our local government is in the process of stripping critical thought from our educational system. Alberta the wannabe Texas of Canada

    • @jonathanjollimore7156
      @jonathanjollimore7156 3 года назад

      What is old is new ruclips.net/video/ALfDhs-_ce4/видео.html this is how Russian wage war ruclips.net/video/5gnpCqsXE8g/видео.html they are the master of fake news ruclips.net/video/h5WjRjz5mTU/видео.html this stuff will help you think more like these guys www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-russian-trolls-are-adapting-cold-war-propaganda-techniques/

    • @vanessazhang2037
      @vanessazhang2037 3 года назад +3

      100% agree, as a freshman in high school I was sooo happy that our first unit in literature was media literacy-it has been super helpful!

  • @hhdhpublic
    @hhdhpublic 3 года назад +685

    Really, media literacy should be taught in schools.

    • @laurynm3052
      @laurynm3052 3 года назад +8

      Ted-Ed should be used to teach everything in schools

    • @europeansovietunion7372
      @europeansovietunion7372 3 года назад +13

      Yes because there's a lack of biased propaganda in schools.

    • @jonathanjollimore7156
      @jonathanjollimore7156 3 года назад

      Yup

    • @willasproth
      @willasproth 3 года назад +30

      @@europeansovietunion7372 if education is propaganda to you then you need to re-evaluate your position.

    • @europeansovietunion7372
      @europeansovietunion7372 3 года назад +5

      @@willasproth nice strawman, troll.

  • @sylv5873
    @sylv5873 3 года назад +1850

    Did anyone else expect "How to outsmart an actual troll?" Like, the mythical creature?

    • @blakeking1125
      @blakeking1125 3 года назад +147

      Yeah. Kinda disappointed honestly, especially since they used the word wrong. It's supposed to refer to people who post inflammatory stuff because it makes them laugh

    • @9adam4
      @9adam4 3 года назад +25

      That's easy, though:
      Bigger. Goat.

    • @duckhouser
      @duckhouser 3 года назад +25

      Under the bridge with riddles and stuff? Yeah, actually. I did.

    • @davidschneide5422
      @davidschneide5422 3 года назад +7

      "Answer me these questions three..."

    • @bragapedro
      @bragapedro 3 года назад +26

      I expected internet trolls and stuff

  • @neonlights8642
    @neonlights8642 3 года назад +604

    Lmao the names: joanna b green n stannis quo

    • @custos3249
      @custos3249 3 года назад +32

      Bit closer to "Joanna Nothingwillfundamentallychange." She's Greek.

    • @R2Cv1
      @R2Cv1 3 года назад +55

      @@custos3249 no, no, that's what "stannis quo" means.

    • @alexismandelias
      @alexismandelias 3 года назад +11

      @@R2Cv1 lmao yes. @Custos was misinformed

    • @custos3249
      @custos3249 3 года назад +10

      @@R2Cv1 Should I wait until your last couple brain cells generate enough friction to realize those names relate to two different people, one of which is an emotionally manipulative representation of someone who's literally said nothing will fundamentally change under him and the other arguably hasn't upheld the status quo but driven it so far down that it makes someone like Biden look good?

    • @austeyen5628
      @austeyen5628 3 года назад +34

      @@custos3249 lol what

  • @leezerooo7991
    @leezerooo7991 3 года назад +79

    In my country, the Philippines, a significant portion of our taxes is spent on the misinformation machineries of politicians. It's quite sad that our leaders would rather divide people for their own self-interests rather than educating and uniting them for common good.

    • @hurdur6828
      @hurdur6828 2 года назад

      Do you have any source for this?

    • @TrueBroly
      @TrueBroly 2 года назад +1

      This 👆.

    • @hurdur6828
      @hurdur6828 2 года назад +2

      @@TrueBroly Nah it’s just rhetoric lol, taxes aren’t spent on misinformation when there’s no department or agency responsible for a monopoly on dissemination of information

  • @tuckergregory
    @tuckergregory 3 года назад +647

    "Don't create a how-to manual"
    And yet this video is a pretty effective how-to manual.
    But in all seriousness, this is good information. Additionally, knowing the strategies of the bad can help innocent people seem less bad by avoiding accidentally doing things similar to that.

    • @jonnynice8366
      @jonnynice8366 3 года назад +25

      The claim that mainstream media will debunk the conspiracy theories is just plain wrong though.

    • @MeanKno
      @MeanKno 3 года назад +4

      @@jonnynice8366 lol

    • @Quantum-Bullet
      @Quantum-Bullet 3 года назад +4

      @@jonnynice8366 if it is media that is out for profit they roll with what people want to hear.

    • @salemsaberhagan
      @salemsaberhagan 3 года назад +3

      "Don't teach people to be read or write, they'll misuse it to write wrong stuff." But if everyone is literate, we can all read & then we all can also see who's writing the wrong stuff.

    • @avatarjakara
      @avatarjakara 3 года назад

      It's not a How To manual though, it's an active portrayal utilizing narrative theories.

  • @SixSeventySix1
    @SixSeventySix1 3 года назад +120

    “You will free my brother”
    Oops, wrong TED-ED troll video.

    • @dwijnapal4615
      @dwijnapal4615 3 года назад

      loll

    • @elliotfinn146
      @elliotfinn146 3 года назад +4

      If more people understood this, it would have a ton more likes. Super funny tho.

    • @claudius3359
      @claudius3359 3 года назад

      When they talk about the online game,I thought of Among Us lol

  • @rotatingdisc-479
    @rotatingdisc-479 3 года назад +272

    Shout outs for literally just calling the guy "Stannis Quo."

    • @moulychourasia5893
      @moulychourasia5893 3 года назад +1

      Whats so special with that name? 🤔

    • @bananaforscale1283
      @bananaforscale1283 3 года назад +19

      @@moulychourasia5893 Status Quo

    • @Dr._is_sleepy
      @Dr._is_sleepy 3 года назад +6

      Yeah and Jawanabe Greene

    • @neelotpaldutta2347
      @neelotpaldutta2347 3 года назад +31

      @@moulychourasia5893 There is this phrase called "Status Quo" basically trying to stick with however the world is right now, the "status" comes from trying to keep the status of everyone else. Stannis Quo sticks with the status quo of using non renewable energy. And hence why his naming decision was pretty good.

    • @bobbyconroy5718
      @bobbyconroy5718 3 года назад +17

      But why is it Stannis Quo (who is clearly supposed to represent conservatives) the one who is spreading the misinformation? Isn’t this video being bias? Suggesting that the red conservatives are the ones who use these kind of tactics? Im sure both liberals and conservatives are able and willing to do this kind of stuff.

  • @chrisolemarllido3559
    @chrisolemarllido3559 2 года назад +5

    Really familiar with Philippines recent election.

  • @kazamiyuuji3003
    @kazamiyuuji3003 3 года назад +251

    ted it is LIT

  • @punbug4721
    @punbug4721 3 года назад +43

    The video: "Don't make a how-to for creating disinformation."
    The video: _is a how-to for creating disinformation_

    • @Jose04537
      @Jose04537 3 года назад +1

      Of the gig is up, then it's more difficult for it to work 🤷‍♂️

  • @jamesmah3063
    @jamesmah3063 3 года назад +405

    This election sounds oddly familiar, hmmmm i wonder where ted-ed could have taken inspiration from.

    • @fathfez7991
      @fathfez7991 3 года назад +69

      Quo = Orange Neandarthal

    • @commoncoolchannel8588
      @commoncoolchannel8588 3 года назад +109

      @@fathfez7991 Don't call him a neanderthal! We believe neanderthals felt empathy after all.

    • @raisaapriliani2717
      @raisaapriliani2717 3 года назад +13

      pfftt "young greene"

    • @Udontkno7
      @Udontkno7 3 года назад +13

      Yeah, I doubt it’s based off anything real world.

    • @jmbugno
      @jmbugno 3 года назад +13

      The American Democrat Party

  • @MarMarVibes
    @MarMarVibes 3 года назад +47

    “As long as you don’t make a how to manual.”
    *Proceeds to make a how to manual*

    • @wafflescripter9051
      @wafflescripter9051 3 года назад +3

      The whole 'don't make a how-to manual' idea is foolish for most things... people who will do this are going to figure it out regardless. I don't understand why whoever wrote this would say don't make a how-to manual...

    • @benurm2390
      @benurm2390 3 года назад +1

      Yeah I think they should have explained that part better. But I think it could be that you better not make a complicated or big manual, as it needs to be understood by a lot of people, and also should not be something that people can only know by reading your book, that would link them to you and the quo could also say you are lying. Should be something that makes sense with what people already knows.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +346

    “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”
    ― Jim Morrison

    • @lucaschiang3130
      @lucaschiang3130 3 года назад +1

      nice name i must say

    • @christopherrapczynski204
      @christopherrapczynski204 3 года назад +14

      I like how ted loved your other comment but not this one. I wonder why?

    • @forsaken841
      @forsaken841 3 года назад +8

      “Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.”

    • @want-diversecontent3887
      @want-diversecontent3887 3 года назад +2

      Do you really need 2 comments?

    • @sandlotscout6358
      @sandlotscout6358 3 года назад

      @@want-diversecontent3887 freedom of speech

  • @PvblivsAelivs
    @PvblivsAelivs 3 года назад +15

    Now, get meta and analyze this very video. Yes, it's designed to instill biases as well.
    The first thing to understand is that it is not only the people with whom you disagree that use unscrupulous tactics.

  • @thatnike2604
    @thatnike2604 3 года назад +176

    I thought this was gonna be a riddle

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 3 года назад +27

    I expected actual internet trolls. You know, those that love to enrage people and cause widespread trouble throughout the internet.

    • @squid_cake
      @squid_cake 3 года назад

      @Dr Deuteron I think you should lay off the bath salts

  • @richwood2741
    @richwood2741 3 года назад +29

    This was a great tutorial on how to troll but very very little was given to actually fight back or to do something about the disinformation that is being spread. I think a part 2 is in order.

  • @stoborking
    @stoborking 3 года назад +81

    This seems oddly familiar, however I can't figure out what it is similar to 🤔

    • @sleezyy743
      @sleezyy743 3 года назад +3

      the trump vs biden thing?

    • @treetheoak8313
      @treetheoak8313 3 года назад +6

      @@sleezyy743 who?

    • @RedLeader327
      @RedLeader327 3 года назад +4

      @@treetheoak8313 whomst'd've?

    • @wilbur5651
      @wilbur5651 3 года назад +13

      @@sleezyy743 this video accurately depicts hillary's russia collusion hoax on trump

    • @ecxstasy347
      @ecxstasy347 3 года назад +10

      This is a propaganda video disguised as an ‘educational’ video. It implies but does not directly say that Trump is a troll because they don’t want to “get too political”. They want to hide their politics and distribute it en masse to their viewers without actually having to reveal that it is a political video.

  • @harlow.8638
    @harlow.8638 3 года назад +52

    The animation is absolutely flawless! Keeps me hooked the whole time! Great job as always, Ted-Ed :)

  • @riyak.7393
    @riyak.7393 3 года назад +83

    *The most relevant video of 2020.*

    • @kele8559
      @kele8559 3 года назад +2

      And not just in america

  • @haroldramos111
    @haroldramos111 2 года назад +4

    Greene = Leni
    Qou = BBM

  • @polishedpebble4111
    @polishedpebble4111 3 года назад +7

    Jesus Christ, memes? That's the issue? Not lobbying, and censorship? Videos like these are "misinformation".

  • @theOrkinMan1
    @theOrkinMan1 3 года назад +3

    This is everything the US's Democrat party did in the 2020 election. Thanks

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 3 года назад

      Classic Alinskyite tactics, accuse the your enemy of what you are doing.

  • @Justanothermusicnerdxo
    @Justanothermusicnerdxo 3 года назад +57

    This video harms more than helps. The default response in political discussion online is always “this user doesn’t share the same worldview as me therefor they are a bot”.
    This goes for every side and every aspect of the political spectrum.
    For myself this is the largest deterrent to expressing any political idea online because no matter who you side with (and especially if you side outside of mainstream 2 party thought in America) you will be called a fake account, “not a real person”, trying to spread misinformation by bringing up view points that don’t align with someone, even if they are backed by institutions and studies.
    It’s a very Orwellian concept that all opposition to ones political ideas are fake, bots, or misinformation. It is far more likely that someone disagrees with you than some advanced intricate misinformation campaign being behind these ideas.

    • @sxb2andtheotherguys
      @sxb2andtheotherguys 3 года назад +4

      I feel that, it doesn't help that you occasionally do run into bots or trolls.

    • @EnragedOxygen
      @EnragedOxygen 3 года назад +2

      What makes it even worse, is that due to RUclips algorithm, almost every video on the topic of politics is a good damn eco chamber. Discussion is dead.

    • @benurm2390
      @benurm2390 3 года назад +1

      I think the best way is to become a little more of an "expert" on the subject by studying for yourself it so you know better what is true or false.
      But still it's a good idea to think that everyone, be it Quo, Green, you or me could be trying to misinform and manipulate you for their own advantage. We should be like "here is the reasoning; they *could* (not are) be lying, so could I. If you don't believe me, my reasoning, make your own, think by yourself, study it yourself, search whatever information you can think of. Then decide who is lying."

  • @spiffcats
    @spiffcats 3 года назад +3

    Keep in mind that just because someone disagrees with you, doesnt mean they are a troll. They could very well be right, and you could just be brainwashed and closed minded.

  • @namemcnamey4207
    @namemcnamey4207 3 года назад +25

    A bit counter intuitive, I mean rather then focus on if the person making the claims has something to gain by twisting the narrative around someone you could just research the claim yourself. I mean establishing motive doesn't do anything but hard stats and concrete evidence disproves the claim and damages the reputation of the person making the claim.

    • @victoriah4278
      @victoriah4278 3 года назад +22

      Youd be suprised how little facts affect people. There have been several studies showing that if you have facts that what they believe is wrong, it very rarely works to convince then

    • @austeyen5628
      @austeyen5628 3 года назад

      This is assuming people aren’t lazy enough to seek out the truth themselves

    • @solar0wind
      @solar0wind 3 года назад +3

      @@victoriah4278 Yeah, I'm having a discussion with a guy who thinks that races actually exist and whatever scientific article or study I gave him, showing that race is nothing but a social construct, or how often I explained to him that other countries like mine don't even use the concept, he just denied it. He just said "nEwsSpeAkers sAy 'soCiAl cOnStrUct' tOo, so tHE reSearChErs aRE jUsT bIasEd anD thAT OnE gUy is aLSo a coMmUnisT".
      I know that I won't be able to convince him, but I hope that other people in this thread will read the sources I linked. He just gave me a link to a RUclips video, apparently talking about why "races" are not equal, but I didn't click on it because I told him to send me the scientific sources that the video _surely_ used instead...
      How is it even possible to convince people?

    • @devincalfee4908
      @devincalfee4908 2 года назад

      well, knowing why people lie is actually a really good think to understand when looking for sources.

  • @GrantSR
    @GrantSR 3 года назад +46

    First, this video is more about how to deal with a disinformation campaign than trolls. "Troll" is NOT synonymous with "disinformation spreader."
    Second, I don't have the resources to create my own dis-disinformation campaign. Instead, I fight trolls simply by pointing out (and fully explaining) every fallacy that they use in their posts. I do not engage directly with the troll. I never engage with the argument that they are making. That is pointless, and a waste of time. I use their post as an example, as if it is some poor, diseased individual that I have brought up on the stage of a Victorian era surgical theater and point out each of its flaws for all the world to see.
    Quite often, the troll will simply delete their post.

    • @paul-ye3ut
      @paul-ye3ut 3 года назад +1

      I some what agree but I do engage with a troll. when arguing in front of a crowd or over the internet it's not about winning the argument it's about pointing out the misinformation and lack of astute knowledge on the subject your trying to sway the people in these arguments your not trying to beat the troll.

    • @user-qd4qk5vu7q
      @user-qd4qk5vu7q 3 года назад +1

      pff. this comment is a bit overdramatic, yes? it's okay to handle things differently, but you seem rather ,, upset ,, that this video didn't explain methods like YOU intended.

    • @krisppynugget
      @krisppynugget 3 года назад +1

      In my opinion, the misleading title and not-so-discrete political undertone of this video did more bad than good. I came to find an unbiased video on how to outsmart an internet troll (which we all know is the general use of the term 'troll') only to be misled by this adulterated content. Quite disappointing.

    • @user-qd4qk5vu7q
      @user-qd4qk5vu7q 3 года назад +1

      @@krisppynugget i agree that this video took an unnecessarily political turn, but i find that it's better to stop watching if it's not what you wanted, which may be the most reasonable decision. the comment i replied to came off as rude, which is the reason i bothered commenting. i don't think it's right to leave a hate comment merely because a video isn't what was expected. ultimately, it's their channel and their opinion when it comes to handling a cyber issue.

    • @user-qd4qk5vu7q
      @user-qd4qk5vu7q 3 года назад

      @@krisppynugget i appreciate your perspective, however, and glad you took the time to reply! thank you! i hope you have a lovely evening / day.

  • @marcassa123
    @marcassa123 3 года назад +8

    That is not a troll. That is politics.
    A troll is a user that creates chaos for fun, nothing more than that.

  • @kristoffsmith8318
    @kristoffsmith8318 3 года назад +91

    This is extremely relevant right now, Thanks TED

    • @funkydiscogod
      @funkydiscogod 3 года назад +17

      It explains almost everything they've been doing to Trump for years now.

    • @youremomlol2263
      @youremomlol2263 3 года назад +2

      would be more relevant if biden actually supported renewable energy :)

    • @funkydiscogod
      @funkydiscogod 3 года назад

      @@youremomlol2263 ruclips.net/video/SzOJLJPMh7E/видео.html

    • @ricardoramos4514
      @ricardoramos4514 3 года назад +1

      @@funkydiscogod even the stuff being said about biden as well

  • @refought1784
    @refought1784 2 года назад +5

    This is an accurate event that happens here in Philippines.

  • @motivated_indian_kid
    @motivated_indian_kid 3 года назад +82

    Step 1: check that you have green eyes
    Step 2: Ask the troll to leave

  • @nicklockk
    @nicklockk 3 года назад +3

    Amazing how liberals redefined what a troll is so quickly

    • @muneerkhan6526
      @muneerkhan6526 3 года назад +2

      Reality has a liberal bias.

    • @crabobserver
      @crabobserver 3 года назад

      I think you would find your claim is incorrect.

  • @gamehedgehog9434
    @gamehedgehog9434 3 года назад +4

    WE DO A LITTLE TROLLING
    IT'S CALLED WE DO A LITTLE TROLLING

  • @MrOverlordSir
    @MrOverlordSir 3 года назад +45

    this isn’t about trolls at all...kind of clickbait. Expected more from ted ed.

    • @lizqu8033
      @lizqu8033 3 года назад +3

      A troll's thought process is basically "Eat humans, sleep, drool and expel mucus." What can you get out of that? I don't think that this is really clickbait. Unless this is a joke, then it's funny.

    • @wafflescripter9051
      @wafflescripter9051 3 года назад +13

      I believe we have been trolled by the video which claimed to be about thinking like a troll to troll trolls.

    • @lizqu8033
      @lizqu8033 3 года назад

      @@wafflescripter9051 Ooh. Good one!

    • @dabossman5650
      @dabossman5650 3 года назад +1

      Bruhhh

    • @obligatedobservation5878
      @obligatedobservation5878 3 года назад +1

      You seem like a troll.

  • @carlogaytan7010
    @carlogaytan7010 3 года назад +79

    Me: *receives RUclips message
    Also me: *laughs while responding* little do they know...
    Little do they know...

  • @ОлегКозлов-ю9т
    @ОлегКозлов-ю9т 3 года назад +4

    As a Russian troll I approve this message

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 3 года назад +11

    Half of the people: This is EXACTLY what Trump is doing.
    Other half: This is EXACTLY what Biden does.
    China: It is working!

    • @gyneve
      @gyneve 3 года назад +1

      Also,
      Russia: It is working!

    • @vik2051
      @vik2051 3 года назад +1

      People who owns Biden and Trump: Its working

  • @pepehorhae
    @pepehorhae 2 года назад +3

    i just ignore these people and say okay and move on. the fact that you give them attention is giving them what they want.

  • @aienbalosaienbalos4186
    @aienbalosaienbalos4186 3 года назад +10

    I do wonder just how many of these ideas of how to spread misinformation, also apply to this very video

  • @L1ght5h0wz3n
    @L1ght5h0wz3n 3 года назад +6

    I can't quite put my finger on it... But this sounds SO familiar for whatever reason...

  • @SteveVon7
    @SteveVon7 3 года назад +5

    The real mess is when both sides are doing it and using some sort of narcissistic and authoritive narrative to downplay any evidence the other side supports as being "misinformation", often without even providing any case at all against it.

    • @olmosti4464
      @olmosti4464 2 года назад

      Somebody is trolling all of us

  • @fenhen
    @fenhen 3 года назад +2

    I’d vote for Greene. I don’t care about renewables, but I’m all for her cat punching policies.

  • @dailydoseofmedicinee
    @dailydoseofmedicinee 3 года назад +11

    Infants are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse together. By the time they reach adulthood, they only have 206 bones. More than half of your bones are located in the hands, wrists, feet, and ankles. Every second, your body produces 25 million new cells👍

  • @ballsdeep-nu1xp
    @ballsdeep-nu1xp 3 года назад +24

    ted ed : how would you spread misinformation
    4chan : The Expert

  • @bumwau
    @bumwau 3 года назад +10

    Thought this would be a psychology video on dealing with trolls, not disinformation.
    Kind of sad that Ted-ED has shown signs of which side of the political spectrum they are on. The topics, the timing, the animations etc .. I'll still watch your older stuff, especially ones narrated by Addison Anderson but the new ones? No thanks.
    There are other channels to watch and learn stuff without the subtle indoctrination. Let's hope you go back to being impartial. Don't ruin something that has been so good.

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer 3 года назад +7

    Wow, how completely useless!

  • @europeansovietunion7372
    @europeansovietunion7372 3 года назад +3

    I assume this video is ironic, right ?

  • @mariaheringgilya8914
    @mariaheringgilya8914 2 года назад +3

    Philippine politicians watched this. 😂

  • @egoichitosama1970
    @egoichitosama1970 3 года назад +5

    Such a manipulative video xd really disappointed. The video is completely biased against Quo aka Trump. Vilifying him and showing Greene as an angel. Straight up propaganda, and the author? Pretty scary that someone with this manipulative mindset is in charge of an organisation that teaches journalists how to handle information.

    • @jimhogarth9678
      @jimhogarth9678 3 года назад +1

      Uh... Greene isn't analogous to any real candidates, since we never had a female candidate running this election cycle. Also, the fact that you think Quo is supposed to be a stand in for Trump says more about your views than TED's -- TED never compared the "corrupt quo politician" to Trump in this video.

  • @Richard_Nickerson
    @Richard_Nickerson 3 года назад +21

    "As long as you don't make a how-to"
    🤔

  • @nishvaze2666
    @nishvaze2666 3 года назад +2

    When you see this video but also know that renewble energy is theoratically bad

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 3 года назад

      Shhh green is always good, dont ever question it green is always goood...

  • @norukamo
    @norukamo 3 года назад +6

    A guy named Quo told me this Greene person sounds shady, I don't trust her anymore

  • @Alex-mb4ew
    @Alex-mb4ew 3 года назад +7

    "If you know the enemy, and know thyself, you need not fear the result of a hundred values."
    -Sun Tzu, Art of War

    • @phillip2169
      @phillip2169 3 года назад

      I mean, I'll still fear being beating up by Alistair Overeem

  • @mephisto4618
    @mephisto4618 3 года назад +44

    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi

    • @gremlinfifty2308
      @gremlinfifty2308 3 года назад +6

      "Nuke Ireland First."
      -Mahatma Gandhi, Civilization VI

    • @mephisto4618
      @mephisto4618 3 года назад +1

      @@gremlinfifty2308 what do you want say ?

    • @gremlinfifty2308
      @gremlinfifty2308 3 года назад

      @@mephisto4618 I was doing a funny

    • @brindade2004
      @brindade2004 3 года назад +1

      This is Mahatma Gandhi's best quote, according to me.

    • @mephisto4618
      @mephisto4618 3 года назад

      @@gremlinfifty2308 that was not a fun at all

  • @newvolume7
    @newvolume7 3 года назад +26

    In a time of rampant fake news, we got a ted talk on how to be fake news.

  • @elpi2804
    @elpi2804 3 года назад +12

    "After all, community organizing is what elections often call for."
    Community organizing is always what real change calls for.

  • @brycebennsoriano6701
    @brycebennsoriano6701 3 года назад +45

    by being a troll in the movie “Trolls”

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  3 года назад +21

      We had not considered this angle 🤔

    • @colorfulchameleon9891
      @colorfulchameleon9891 3 года назад +1

      trollception

    • @hakimdiwan5101
      @hakimdiwan5101 3 года назад +2

      @@TEDEd You learn new things everyday Teddy

    • @CadetGriffin
      @CadetGriffin 3 года назад +1

      If Dora the Explorer is about crossing the border, then the grumpy old troll under the bridge must be a customs agent giving Dora and Boots citizenship tests.

  • @learnology8356
    @learnology8356 3 года назад +7

    In 2020 I've heard Kim Jong Un die nearly 6 times.