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Xiyao Troll
| Event | |
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| Event: | |
| Participants: | anonymous commenter, Xiyao shippers |
| Date(s): | mid 2020 - ? |
| Type: | harassment |
| Fandom: | Mo Dao Zu Shi |
| URL: | |
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The xiyao troll is the name given to a person or persons who started leaving anonymous hate comments on all new Xiyao fanworks posted to AO3 sometime in the middle of 2020 (May? June?).
The troll activity was noticed by the fandom, and many people became interested in figuring out who the troll was. Meanwhile, quigonejinn organized a gift exchange to spite the troll, Eat Rocks Troll: A Xiyao Fic Exchange, using the troll's own comments as prompts.
In September 2021, twitter user superborb reported that AO3 Abuse had told them an AO3 user had been banned for this trolling. superborb had sent verity's comment data analysis with their abuse report on the troll after being inspired by the successful identification and removal of another MDZS harasser: Shinocchi.
Further Reading
- Regarding the Xiyao Troll on AO3, Archived version, tumblr post by xiyaoism, 12 October 2020
- Identifying the Xiyao Troll, github post by verity, 2021-01-20
- Xiyao Troll Investigation, tableau report by verity, published 19 Jan 2021, updated 27 Aug 2021
- tweet by superborb, Archived version, 12 September 2021
- Re: Cnovels - Xiyao troll, Archived version, fail_fandomanon thread, 12 September 2021