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Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs, producing shock sites<ref name="lm" />, prank-calling technical support telephone lines<ref> . ] Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, and IRC channel disruption such as IRC floods. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as slashdot.org, even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption. Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs, producing shock sites<ref name="lm" />, prank-calling technical support telephone lines<ref> . ] Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, and IRC channel disruption such as IRC floods<ref name="IRC" /> <ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref>. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as slashdot.org, even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption.


== References == == References ==

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Gay Nigger Association of America
File:Gnaa.png
AbbreviationGNAA
TypeInternet Trolls
Websitewww.gnaa.eu

The Gay Nigger Association of America, (more commonly known by the acronym GNAA) are a loosely afilliated group of anti-blogging trolls responsible for several high profile internet trolls , as well as software products and security releases . The group maintains a wiki-based site dedicated to commenting on notable internet events and parodying slashdot posts, as well as offering a SVN based repository known as "Trollforge" for GNAA coding projects

Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs, producing shock sites, prank-calling technical support telephone lines, and IRC channel disruption such as IRC floods . These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as slashdot.org, even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption.

References

  1. Dean, Jodi (2010). Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. Retrieved 2010-08-27. {{cite conference}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots?. MacRumors. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  3. MacInDell Part Quatre - The Ruby Goldmine. Gizmodo. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  4. TWiT 44: Hacked TWiT. Accessed 2010-08-27
  5. The Liberation of Freenode, Part 13 Accessed 2010-08-27.
  6. ^ Last Measure. Last Measure. Accessed 2010-08-27
  7. ^ Firefox-based attack wreaks havoc on IRC users The Register. Accessed 2010-08-27
  8. GNAA unveils new wiki-based corporate website GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  9. Trollforge GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  10. Extreme Humor. Sepia Mutiny Accessed 2010-08-27.
  11. Firefox Bug Used to Harass Entire IRC Network. Softpedia. Accessed 2010-08-27