So did he drop the persona at the end of the post or at the beginning? Because he still sounded pretty damn stern and macho when he mentioned tearing down entire language communities with a single post; and I've been on the internet so long I've seen the "ha ha you actually BELIEVED all the outrageous stuff I said loudly and defended to my last breath? Oh, you poor, pathetic saps. You poor, poor, pathetic, pathetic, gullible saps" routine a million times.
To me, it seemed like he did mostly believe what he said in his rants. He is only backing away from the ZSFA persona, not the things he said during his ZSFA tenure. As someone who's done time as a troll, I can verify that the persona can get pretty constrictive, even if there is a core of truth in everything you type.
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So did he drop the persona at the end of the post or at the beginning? Because he still sounded pretty damn stern and macho when he mentioned tearing down entire language communities with a single post; and I've been on the internet so long I've seen the "ha ha you actually BELIEVED all the outrageous stuff I said loudly and defended to my last breath? Oh, you poor, pathetic saps. You poor, poor, pathetic, pathetic, gullible saps" routine a million times.
To me, it seemed like he did mostly believe what he said in his rants. He is only backing away from the ZSFA persona, not the things he said during his ZSFA tenure. As someone who's done time as a troll, I can verify that the persona can get pretty constrictive, even if there is a core of truth in everything you type.