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An Internet 'Tweeter', is somewhat similar to an 'Internet Troll'. A tweeter is a person who skillfully posts controversial, or instigational messages on user groups, forums, or chat rooms in order to provoke the legitimate users into trying to defend the group topic or their own point of view. A Tweeter differs from a Troll in the sense that they are far more adept in their appearance of an appropriate and genuine contributor to the group by generally staying on topic, avoiding racial slurs, profanity, or any other direct provocation that could get them kicked or banned from the group. Their goal is to expose weaknesses in the topics, subtlely opposing the flow of the majority, and to get as many people inflamed and emotional as possible. A tweeter will disrupt the normal harmony or progress of any online arena they visit, often replying and posting to several different areas or conversations at the same time. In comparison to trolls, moderators of groups find it much more difficult to ban or restrict tweeter access because their behavior tends to mimic the genuine particpants or members of the group, often in what appears to be an educated manner.

Etymology
The origin of the word tweeter is from the designation of types of sound speakers: 'woofers, mids, and tweeters'. The woofer would provide the bass, or lowest sounds, the mids provide the middle range sounds, and the tweeters function for only the highest range sounds. A song could be enjoyed with only the mids, but if the tweeters were isolated, just the highest pitches could be heard, and would generally thought to be annoying.

Identification
Whilst a troll is fairly easy to recognize, a tweeter is much more difficult to spot, and therefore harder to manage. A troll, for example, will quite often go for a one-liner opener that obviously goes against the grain of the group, topic, or purpose. A typical post such as "WHITE POWER" in a racial support group, or blatant sexism in a women's studies forum will quickly make an obvious troll. Alternatively a tweeter will often effectively blend in with the group, camoflaging their arguments with 'genuine' concern for the group or it's members. While at the same time garnering opposition with, which is quite often, well-worded statements or questions that inflame the genuine participants or moderators. Tweeters often seek to discredit their targets by claiming that other members or moderators of the group are not as well educated on the matters at hand, or that they are exposing the true weaknesses of the page, topic, or users. Tweeters will have difficulty conceding a point or debate, even when obviously proven wrong, because they view the interaction as a game with a 'winner and a loser' rather than a topic to be explored with educational benefits to receive. Tweeters often appear very passionate about the issue at hand, and are quite often the most outspoken and frequent poster's of the group.

Their motivation is group dominance, intellectual respect, and recognition, so they will quite often carry on more than one conversation within different aspects of the group. And they have no problem appearing very passionate and involved about any conversation, group, or topic. A tweeter can be distinguished from a user with genuine interest in that tweeters are only interested in destruction of the group cohesion. They will never build on different aspects or areas, or never contribute to the group in a meaningful fashion.

Trolls eventually foucus on their target, not the issue; whilst a tweeter will attack their targets by exposing weaknesses within the issue. Additonally, most trolls can generally only pick on one person at a time, but tweeters enjoy paralyzing the progress of the group by engaging as many people as possible.

Speedy deletion of Tweeter (Internet)
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AfD nomination of Tweeter (Internet)
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February 2009
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