[Suggestion] Ban the (((ECHO)))

[The Alexanderians]

What if I put my own name in it? What's it mean then? I've seen people do that granted it has been some time since I've seen it used that way.

[Gauthier]

I remember the days of chatrooms, when people would put parentheses around the names of people in order to indicate that they were hugging them. Whenever I see them now, I get a sense that alt-righters and Neo-Nazis are giving Jewish people warm, friendly hugs.

It's also a weird coincidence that I only just found out about this echo thing yesterday whilst inadvertently delving into some far right websites out of curiosity, and now is the first time I've seen it on NS.
Is there some sort of increase of far-right stuff going on recently, be it more people doing this stuff, or a more vocal/louder minority?

They feel more empowered by the surge of far right parties in Europe, the Brexit and Trump's nomination for President.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I remember the days of chatrooms, when people would put parentheses around the names of people in order to indicate that they were hugging them. Whenever I see them now, I get a sense that alt-righters and Neo-Nazis are giving Jewish people warm, friendly hugs.

I wasn't really there when that happened. 90s, I presume?

[Reploid Productions]

I remember the days of chatrooms, when people would put parentheses around the names of people in order to indicate that they were hugging them. Whenever I see them now, I get a sense that alt-righters and Neo-Nazis are giving Jewish people warm, friendly hugs.

I wasn't really there when that happened. 90s, I presume?

I missed the AOL era, I was an ICQ and IRC newbie, we used *hugs* and /me instead. Another half-serious suggestion to float out of the lair is weaponizing the word filter to turn (((THIS))) into ♥︎♥︎♥︎THIS♥︎♥︎♥︎. Which made me laugh way too much and get some weird looks at work.

[TURTLESHROOM II]

I only use the Storm*** meme in the name of comedy, so this doesn't affect me. Honestly, I always thought the (((ECHO))) was hilarious, especially since I came close to having it used on me for my pro-Jewry/Israel works on the Tumblr site.

[TURTLESHROOM II]

They feel more empowered by the surge of far right parties in Europe, the Brexit and Trump's nomination for President.

Anyone who thinks Trump and Brexit are representations of vicious extremism akin to the Nazis, and to white supremacy, is a bona fide idiot. (Note, I am not insinuating that Gauthier believes this.)

Trump is not exclusively the "white man's candidate". There are plenty of minorities on board with him. If Romney and McCain are bellwhethers to go by, Trump will get between a quarter and a third of the lawful Hispanic vote.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

What if I put my own name in it? What's it mean then? I've seen people do that granted it has been some time since I've seen it used that way.

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It means that you're part of the Zionist conspiracy that echoes through the ages, according to the alt-right.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

I remember the days of chatrooms, when people would put parentheses around the names of people in order to indicate that they were hugging them. Whenever I see them now, I get a sense that alt-righters and Neo-Nazis are giving Jewish people warm, friendly hugs.

I wasn't really there when that happened. 90s, I presume?

Through the early to mid-00s.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

They feel more empowered by the surge of far right parties in Europe, the Brexit and Trump's nomination for President.

Anyone who thinks Trump and Brexit are representations of vicious extremism akin to the Nazis, and to white supremacy, is a bona fide idiot. (Note, I am not insinuating that Gauthier believes this.)

Trump is not exclusively the "white man's candidate". There are plenty of minorities on board with him. If Romney and McCain are bellwhethers to go by, Trump will get between a quarter and a third of the lawful Hispanic vote.

Maybe you should argue that in the appropriate thread, and not Moderation.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

They feel more empowered by the surge of far right parties in Europe, the Brexit and Trump's nomination for President.

Anyone who thinks Trump and Brexit are representations of vicious extremism akin to the Nazis, and to white supremacy, is a bona fide idiot. (Note, I am not insinuating that Gauthier believes this.)

Trump is not exclusively the "white man's candidate". There are plenty of minorities on board with him. If Romney and McCain are bellwhethers to go by, Trump will get between a quarter and a third of the lawful Hispanic vote.

Is there any point to this being discussed here?

We already have an election thread.

[The Alexanderians]

What if I put my own name in it? What's it mean then? I've seen people do that granted it has been some time since I've seen it used that way.

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It means that you're part of the Zionist conspiracy that echoes through the ages, according to the alt-right.

I hope to echo in eternity

[Katganistan]

What if I put my own name in it? What's it mean then? I've seen people do that granted it has been some time since I've seen it used that way.

What part of "context is key" was unclear?

[The Alexanderians]

What if I put my own name in it? What's it mean then? I've seen people do that granted it has been some time since I've seen it used that way.

What part of "context is key" was unclear?

The part where it has nothing to do with what I asked.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I wasn't really there when that happened. 90s, I presume?

I missed the AOL era, I was an ICQ and IRC newbie, we used *hugs* and /me instead. Another half-serious suggestion to float out of the lair is weaponizing the word filter to turn (((THIS))) into ♥︎♥︎♥︎THIS♥︎♥︎♥︎. Which made me laugh way too much and get some weird looks at work.

To be honest, that'd be a hilarious idea

I honestly do not understand why the (((ECHO))) label, how did it come to be? Why is it so uncreative? And why is it representative to the right?!

Honestly, out of all my years of being online, I'd have thought trolls and people who flame others would have gotten more sophisticated, not more crude.

[Farnhamia]

I missed the AOL era, I was an ICQ and IRC newbie, we used *hugs* and /me instead. Another half-serious suggestion to float out of the lair is weaponizing the word filter to turn (((THIS))) into ♥︎♥︎♥︎THIS♥︎♥︎♥︎. Which made me laugh way too much and get some weird looks at work.

To be honest, that'd be a hilarious idea

I honestly do not understand why the (((ECHO))) label, how did it come to be? Why is it so uncreative? And why is it representative to the right?!

Honestly, out of all my years of being online, I'd have thought trolls and people who flame others would have gotten more sophisticated, not more crude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

[Yumyumsuppertime]

I missed the AOL era, I was an ICQ and IRC newbie, we used *hugs* and /me instead. Another half-serious suggestion to float out of the lair is weaponizing the word filter to turn (((THIS))) into ♥︎♥︎♥︎THIS♥︎♥︎♥︎. Which made me laugh way too much and get some weird looks at work.

To be honest, that'd be a hilarious idea

I honestly do not understand why the (((ECHO))) label, how did it come to be? Why is it so uncreative? And why is it representative to the right?!

Here's the history. Short answer: Editors of a far-right site started to use it to show that the actions of certain famous people with Jewish heritage "echoed throughout history", and it caught on with the alt-right crowd.

[Rupudska]

To be honest, that'd be a hilarious idea

I honestly do not understand why the (((ECHO))) label, how did it come to be? Why is it so uncreative? And why is it representative to the right?!

/pol/ and Storm****s like to put it around the names of (((DA JOOOZ))) who are of course behind everything and therefore probably speak with an (((echo))), like the Wizard of Oz. Hence the name.

Personally I think banning it is silly, since it was so quickly hijacked by people using it mockingly (as well as using it to just mock the alt-right) that it's lost most/all of its bite.

[Gauthier]

Have to wonder if alt-righters and neoNazis will carry this on in real life and we have people trying to physically echo names they assume are Jewish.

[Katganistan]

[Gauthier]

If anything, letting them echo makes it easier to identify who's alt-right or neoNazi. Besides if it's banned they'll just invent a new way to scream "JOOOOOOOOO" online.

[Inter-Universal Republic of Earth]

It's an annoying occurrence, but honestly not enough to be labeled harassment in my opinion. Though it really depends on the situation.

(P.S. the left vs right arguments are already happening, oh my goodness)

[Great Feng]

I personally wouldn't ban this outright, though it can get quite annoying. I'd go with Kat and say context first, parentheses second.

[Xadufell]

I get it...


I don't get it...

By that I mean, sure it's apparently neo-nazi symbolism, but why tho.

Because I'm sure a lot of people don't know that it's apparently neo-nazi so what if someone uses it out of that context?

I'm so confoozed

[Soldati Senza Confini]

To be honest, that'd be a hilarious idea

I honestly do not understand why the (((ECHO))) label, how did it come to be? Why is it so uncreative? And why is it representative to the right?!

/pol/ and Storm****s like to put it around the names of (((DA JOOOZ))) who are of course behind everything and therefore probably speak with an (((echo))), like the Wizard of Oz. Hence the name.

Personally I think banning it is silly, since it was so quickly hijacked by people using it mockingly (as well as using it to just mock the alt-right) that it's lost most/all of its bite.

Whether they ban it or not is really not an issue for me, to be honest.

If they do ban it, I sure as hell won't miss it. This is like figuring out you can draw dicks in chat-text, which you should be over by the age of 15.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I get it...


I don't get it...

By that I mean, sure it's apparently neo-nazi symbolism, but why tho.

Because I'm sure a lot of people don't know that it's apparently neo-nazi so what if someone uses it out of that context?

I'm so confoozed

They already said context will be taken into consideration, moderation did.

To be honest, it's a perfectly valid compromise, given the variety of users who use it.