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FCC Website Hobbled By Comment Trolls Incited By Comedian John Oliver

Posted by Soulskill on from the sweep-the-leg-johnny dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a recent segment of his new HBO show, Last Week Tonight, comedian John Oliver delivered a commentary (video) on the current net neutrality debate. He ended the segment by calling on all internet comment trolls to take advantage of the FCC's open comments section on the topic. 'We need you to get out there and for once in your lives focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction,' he said. 'Seize your moment, my lovely trolls, turn on caps lock, and fly my pretties! Fly! Fly! Fly!' While the true impact of John Oliver's editorial cannot be confirmed, the FCC nevertheless tweeted shortly after it aired that its website was experiencing technical difficulties due to heavy traffic. They accept comments via email as well at openinternet@fcc.gov."

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  1. Wait a second by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are that many comment trolls that have paid for HBO?

    1. Re:Wait a second by amRadioHed · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's their parents cable subscription, obviously. They watch it on the extra TV in the basement.

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    2. Re:Wait a second by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Looking at your comment, I hope the FCC turns the internet off as well.

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  2. Oh, brilliant by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well done, Sir. Well done.

  3. Just goes to show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That motherfucking sites should not allow any asshole to fucking comment and any stupid ass shit it in the news, or even worse, in the news at some other site and then only copied to that site. Motherfucking shit ass god damn cock sucking sites like that make me want to fucking puke.

    1. Re:Just goes to show by trytoguess · · Score: 4, Funny

      An anon calls for a site to put in steps to prevent any random Joe/Jane from posting on a site? The irony, oh it hurts...

  4. Maybe fcc.gov should have paid Comcast... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a little more cash to keep the bits flowing smoothly.

  5. We used to have a term for this some years back by haruchai · · Score: 5, Funny

    It used to be called Slashdotting.

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    1. Re:We used to have a term for this some years back by jbeaupre · · Score: 5, Funny

      That bug was solved in Slashdot Beta.

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  6. Re:Huh? by Jmc23 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's OK. You're republican, you don't need to know.

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  7. Re:They're not trolls by bitt3n · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think you quite understand how trolling works. "Angry and pissed" is what trolls try to do to their audience.

    In other words, trolling is a approach requiring subtlety.

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  8. Re:They're not trolls by marcello_dl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Troll is the mod for the comment that you dislike which is neither flamebait nor offtopic, duh.

    Back to topic, if a troll obeys a call for arms, it is an impure trollable troll that needs his troll card revoked.

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