I have noticed some passionate opinions\u00a0in comments\u00a0to some of the posts on this blog. This blog is not unique in this respect; many websites are home to\u00a0heated debates. So I thought it might be interesting to learn to navigate online arguments in Russian.<\/p>\n
First of all, you want to follow the rules of online arguments. A lot of slang words referring to Web comments come from English, but they have taken on a slightly different meaning in Russian. You want to avoid a \u0431\u0430\u043d<\/strong>. The word \u0431\u0430\u043d<\/strong> comes, of course, from the English “ban” and signifies being blocked on a site. The verb is \u0431\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c\/\u0437\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong>. Actions that will get you in trouble include \u0444\u043b\u0435\u0439\u043c<\/strong>\u00a0— inflammatory comments and \u0444\u043b\u0443\u0434<\/strong>\u00a0(from the English “flood”)\u00a0— rambling.<\/p>\n If you ever read the comments section on the Russian site you might Just as in English, a person who is thought to deliberately post inflammatory comments is called a \u0442\u0440\u043e\u043b\u043b\u044c (troll). The usual advice goes “\u041d\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435 \u0442\u0440\u043e\u0301\u043b\u043b\u0435\u0439” (“Don’t feed the trolls”). If a post is suspected of being a paid one, people will say it is \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0437\u043d\u043e\u0301\u0439\u00a0or \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043d. If some of the comments look like they were posted automatically, the poster is suspected of being a \u0431\u043e\u0442.<\/p>\n Depending on the poster’s and the commentator’s political orientation, politeness,\u00a0and overall mood that day, the following things may come up:<\/p>\n – \u0412\u0430\u0301\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a<\/strong> — \u00a0the word itself refers to all special type of winter wear<\/a>, a quilted coat, if you will. Since this is a typical Russian item of clothing, it has come to signify a person who is blindly pro-Russian in their beliefs.<\/p>\n – \u0413\u043e\u0441\u0434\u0435\u0301\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0301\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0438<\/strong>\u00a0— this literally means US\u00a0Department of State’s cookies. If said seriously, this is supposed to mean the\u00a0kickbacks or perks Russian people who support “Western” interests receive. However, more often than not, this expression is actually used to mock people who think that\u00a0Russian opposition must have been bribed by foreign interests.<\/p>\n – \u041d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0301\u0441\u0442<\/strong>\u00a0— this word comes from “\u041d\u0430\u0301\u0448\u0438,”\u00a0which was a formally\u00a0independent yet fairly pro-government youth\u00a0organization in Russia. \u00a0This word is used to criticize people who support the Russian government unquestioningly.\u00a0\u041d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0441\u0442\u00a0sounds like \u0444\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0301\u0441\u0442,\u00a0which is the Russian word for Nazis. Obviously, this word is used by people who do not support the current government.<\/p>\n There are many more of these, and you are welcome to add them in comments.<\/p>\n If you would like to see some of the comments\u00a0for yourself or maybe engage in\u00a0some of the discussions, here is where the action is. Live\u00a0Journal<\/a> (\u0416\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u0416\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0301\u043b<\/strong>) may be known as the home of angsty teenage diaries elsewhere, but in Russia it is still the main platform for many political and business figures. Slon<\/a>\u00a0and Snob<\/a>\u00a0often repost articles that first appeared as blog\u00a0posts.<\/p>\n I am not\u00a0endorsing any of these outlets, but they are a good place to start exploring the world of comment wars.\u00a0Let’s leave comment wars there and be respectful to each other on this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have noticed some passionate opinions\u00a0in comments\u00a0to some of the posts on this blog. This blog is not unique in this respect; many websites are home to\u00a0heated debates. So I thought it might be interesting to learn to navigate online arguments in Russian. 1. Learn the etiquette First of all, you want to follow the…<\/p>\n2. Know your memes<\/h2>\n
lose your faith in humanity<\/del> come across some words not usually found in dictionaries. While I don’t encourage you to use some of these words, which are not very respectful of other posters, it is certainly useful to be able to recognize them.<\/p>\n3. Find a platform<\/h2>\n