on lashon hara ~ by shel raphen

[kossai]

article here - just fantastic all around . when warnings become useless shit talk , and how this hurt community .

Lashon Hara is to speak ill of somebody in a way which is true and for no good reason. The classic example is to tell people about a misdeed someone had commit in the past for which they already atoned for; or to talk about something bad someone did with no intention of holding them accountable or causing them to change.

One good translation may be "recreational shit-talking."