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	khym_chanur 2006-01-06 05:33 am UTC (link)
	Hmmmm. Internet trolling is a legitimate area of sociological study, and there might be times that a sociologist might want to perform controlled expirements. But does "I'm doing it for science" justify being an asshole anymore than "I'm doing it for kicks"? Of course, probably 99.99% of anyone who makes a claim like that is lying. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	platedlizard 2006-01-06 05:57 am UTC (link)
	I figure that anyone really doing that kind of research probably is already/has done a stint as some kind of research assistant, and the experience won't hurt them. The rest deserve the pain. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ravenscanary
2006-01-06 04:40 pm UTC (link)

While completing my Masters, I wrote a lengthy-as-fuck research paper on "performing" being female on a male-dominated messageboard community, focusing on how most posters assume "female" posters are really male, and what it felt like to be "real" woman in those situations. While I ended up choosing *not* to make posts in order to study the responses (which is trolling of a sort, really) I was much tempted.

But I'd like a job as a research assistant, so the punishment really doesn't really scare me. ;)

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	notjo 2006-01-06 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	I am a research assistant. I have only tried to remove my own eye with a spoon once, but I'm sure more times will come. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	footsie 2006-01-07 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	If you don't have any other suggestions for people to "honor" by naming this law after them, may I suggest calling it Cynical Otter's Law? (Reply to this)