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The Trolls Among The Toadstools In Facebook Mushroom Groups
You think the Dems have problems, just be glad you're not a mushroom picker. 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/katienotopoulos/mushroom-troll-wars
Nowhere on the net is safe. The long fingers of trolling touch everything online — even an online forum that should be a sacred place for people who would rather spend their time strolling through the woods than sitting in front of a computer.
The trolls have come for the mushroom community.
On Facebook, there is a large international collective of people who are interested in mycology — foraging for and identifying mushrooms. These groups are massive by Facebook group standards: The biggest one, “The Mushroom Identification Forum,” has 111,000 members. .......................
Nowhere on the net is safe. The long fingers of trolling touch everything online — even an online forum that should be a sacred place for people who would rather spend their time strolling through the woods than sitting in front of a computer.
The trolls have come for the mushroom community.
On Facebook, there is a large international collective of people who are interested in mycology — foraging for and identifying mushrooms. These groups are massive by Facebook group standards: The biggest one, “The Mushroom Identification Forum,” has 111,000 members. .......................
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