Positive emotions (γ = 0.128, p < 0.05) boost participation, while negative emotions (γ = −0.144, p < 0.01), particularly when linked to user behaviors, reduce it.

Well, it’s nice to have hard data on trolling, I suppose.

It was just a matter of time, we’ve had automated vacuum cleaners for ages now.

Putting guns on them is a bit harder, you definitely want a well-tested system for that. But cameras is pretty easy.

Depends how its set up. So long as it’s fully independent and disconnected from existing digital infrastructure it should be safer. It could be as simple as explosives hard-wired with a buried line running up into some bunker up in the mountains.