I noticed trolling because I was a troll when I was a teenager. I was one of those guys who spent a lot of time on forums at the weekend – trolling people. Back then, it was more like pranking; sending people a dud-link that would send them to a weird cartoon or porn site.
— Hussein Kesvani“It seems, to me, that relationships are face to face things. There is no point in having a virtual relationship if you are never going to see those individuals again as it crowds your 'mental boxes'. To think of this in context, they are real cognitive limits.”— Robin Dunbar
Evolutionary Psychologist Known for Dunbar's Number Theory
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Online trolling and abuse is a real problem now. A lot of people who want to express an opinion now are fearful that they'll get piled-on. And there's no real immunity from it.
— David BaddielBritish comedian, writer, and television personality; co-founder of Fantasy Football League
I first heard about Twitter through a journalist friend of mine called India Knight. She said, 'it's fantastic, like a cocktail party where all of your best friends have turned up!'- she was right, it was like that, for about 15 seconds….
— David BaddielBritish comedian, writer, and television personality; co-founder of Fantasy Football League
Inside all of us though, is that inner deviant – who wants to unleash chaos, collect power and acquire status. The internet provides a perfect medium for this deviant (our inner 'troll') to flourish – giving anonymity and 'identity loss' – breaking that social contract and freeing us to test the boundaries of the acceptable.
— Not specifiedI had this burning passion in me to prove to myself, and on behalf of other women, that if my voice was being stifled... and if I was being treated a certain way... that I had to stand up. What type of example would I set to other women and girls? I had to show that if you get knocked off the horse, you get right back up.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Women were never in the driver's seat with dating. It always came down to the man to take the lead, to ask the girl... There was this playbook where the guy has the power, the girl is weak and fragile waiting to be saved by Prince Charming... and this is disempowering for both sides.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
The only way to engineer virality and make a product work is to understand the consumer, and that changes from city to city, from country to country.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Credentials don't always define who someone is, or who they're going to be.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Comedy delivers the cerebral and the hyperbole, it can be funny and serious. You can see that ability for the pendulum to swing both ways when you watch the best comedians perform.
— Hasan MinhajComedian and former Daily Show correspondent known for Netflix special "Patriot Act
Comedy chips at people in power, particularly those who use tyrannical power. It strips their fake respect, and destroys the fake fear they create; and these are people who rely on being respected, and being feared.
— Bassem YoussefEgyptian comedian and political satirist known for "The Daily Show" parody
Fear is a great weapon, and tyrants use fear against their people to encourage them to vote for increases in military spending, even when infrastructure, education and healthcare are suffering.
— Bassem YoussefEgyptian comedian and political satirist known for "The Daily Show" parody
People have lost their belief in the establishment, they believe that the outsider who would bring anger and chaos is much better than the status quo; even if that is against their own interests.
— Bassem YoussefEgyptian comedian and political satirist known for "The Daily Show" parody
Bill Drayton has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship, growing a global association of over 3,900 leading social entrepreneurs who work together to create an 'Everyone a Changemaker' world.
— Bill DraytonFounder of Ashoka & Pioneer of Social Entrepreneurship
Over half have changed national policy within five years of launch.
— Bill DraytonFounder of Ashoka & Pioneer of Social Entrepreneurship
The true measure of success for United Way and other philanthropic organizations is bottom-line results: the lives that are changed and the communities that are shaped.
— Brian GallagherPresident and CEO of United Way Worldwide
What makes any sport exciting is learning how to excel by staying within the confine of rules, not by winning through ignoring them. The team isn't just the one with your jersey, it's everyone who wears a jersey.
— Kareem Abdul-JabbarNBA's All-Time Leading Scorer & Six-Time Champion