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John C. Dvorak's Trolling Techniques

Evan DiBiase · 23.6K views · 2006-06-10 · 1:19

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A one-minute clip in which columnist John C. Dvorak explains to Dave Winer his technique for trolling the Apple community.

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HN cites it as proof that Dvorak writes inflammatory columns for clicks, to discredit his opinions.

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mistersquid · 2023-06 · Criticism

John C. Dvorak is an admitted anti-Apple troll who went all in on click-bait to drive advertising revenue: a pioneer, if you will. [0] Eventually, he pissed of his editorship about 5G advertorial and was fired. [1] [2] [0] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK]

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uniqueid · 2021-05 · Criticism

I agree with much of the essay, but I can't tell if it's a parody either. I associate the author, who cohosts an InfoWars-style podcast, with some of the kinds of bad content he complains about in this essay. It's also possible he's trolling for pageviews, which he has, by his own admission (ie: [VIDEO] ), done in the past.

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DerekL · 2020-08 · Criticism

“I was talking with Dvorak at the Vloggercon party this evening, and he started telling a story about how he deliberately pisses Mac users off to get flow for his stories…” – Dave Winer [LINK] [VIDEO]

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