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Taxonomy of Trolls

Tim Squirrell, writing for Quartz…

The alt-right isn’t one group. They don’t have one coherent identity. Rather, they’re a loose collection of people from disparate backgrounds who would never normally interact: bored teenagers, gamers, men’s rights activists, conspiracy theorists and, yes, white nationalists and neo-Nazis. But thanks to the internet, they’re beginning to form a cohesive group identity. And I have the data to prove it.

If global politics has made you into a political head-scratcher like me, this piece is well worth a read.