pile-ons
Mass jumping aboard
Pile-ons are instances of multiple people joining in to criticize or attack someone, especially online.
The image is of people literally piling onto a victim.
What begins as one person's complaint can become a pile-on when others add their voices: The tweet sparked a pile-on that lasted for days.
Also used in rugby for players jumping onto a tackle.
Gear or takedown
- ruckRugby's ground-level contest
- scrumContested pack restart
- playersGame participants
- bodiesPhysical structures of organisms
foul · penalty · referee · match · collision · impact · dogpile · melee
Aggressive hostile actions
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- viralSpreading quickly online
cancel · ratio · comments · harassment · dogpiling · bandwagon · bullying · outrage
Things joined to existing wholes
- extrasAdditional items included
- feesCosts for services
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- costsAmounts required to pay
surcharges · toppings · layers · mounting · stacking · escalation · buildup · snowballing
tackle
Gear or takedown
bodies · foul · penalty · referee · match · collision · impact · dogpile · melee · contact
attacks
Aggressive hostile actions
viral · cancel · ratio · comments · harassment · dogpiling · bandwagon · bullying · outrage · Twitter
additions
Things joined to existing wholes
costs · surcharges · toppings · layers · mounting · stacking · escalation · buildup · snowballing · compounding
- digital culturesocial media, memes, hashtags, viral content, influencers
- roughhousingroughhouse, roughhousing, rough play, rough and tumble, horseplay
- netiquetteread receipts, ghosting, emoji use, typing indicator, privacy settings
- Online Scandalscancel culture, doxxing, cyberbullying, online harassment, viral outrage
- cyberbullyingcyberbullying, online harassment, targeted harassment, doxxing, threats
- mosh pitsmoshing, mosh pit, mosher, circle pit, slam dancing
pile-onsgroup defense
Shared resistance against threats
rallying around · standing ovations · circling the wagons · solidarity · backing up
pile-onsde-escalation
Reducing conflict intensity
civil discourse · cooling off · stepping back · silence · letting it go