A Swedish Reality Show Hunts Down Online Trolls Jay and Silent Bob-Style

To Catch a Redditor?

Dan Van Winkle

Published: Jan 23, 2015 03:47 pm

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They skip the ass-kicking part, though.

If you’re on the Internet and not an Internet troll, you know that Internet trolls are pretty much the worst thing about the Internet. Well Sweden is fed up with it to Jay and Silent Bob proportions; they’ve got a reality show called Trolljägarna (Troll Hunter) to find the bridge-dwellers and confront them without their precious anonymity.

The face of the show is Robert Aschberg, who strikes a rather imposing figure as he confronts the trolls with proof of their actions. MIT Technology Review says most of them ‘fess up immediately, though Aschberg has encountered a consistent denier who he described as a “pathological liar.”

The show is currently filming its second season, and you can listen to an interview with Aschberg on whether or not troll hunter is actually helping the problem or just, well, feeding the trolls.

(via Boing Boing)

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Dan Van Winkle (he) is an editor and manager who has been working in digital media since 2013, first at now-defunct Geekosystem (RIP), and then at The Mary Sue starting in 2014, specializing in gaming, science, and technology. Outside of his professional experience, he has been active in video game modding and development as a hobby for many years. He lives in North Carolina with Lisa Brown (his wife) and Liz Lemon (their dog), both of whom are the best, and you will regret challenging him at Smash Bros.