Trolling - what you can do
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Originally posted by the Bear:
Sounds alot like OM and that panty sniffing dog from the speaker's corner.
well, there has been a flurry of activity recently...
i can only call it trolling..
some may call it other things but let's just stick to the Internet word for it
from wikipedia:
[b]Trolls can be existing members of a community that rarely post and often contribute no useful information to the thread, but instead make argumentative posts in an attempt to discredit another person, concentrating almost exclusively on facts irrelevant to the point of the conversation, with the intent of provoking a reaction from others. The key element under attack by a troll is known only to the troll.
what can we do? actually it's quite simple... NOTHING
Do Not Feed The Troll
not an apathetic nothing, not a frustrated nothing, not a helpless nothing... but a concerted nothing
do not reply, do not post anything about, do not even click the topic started by the troll... in other words, do not even acknowledge the existence of the troll..
to quote wikipedia again:
Experienced participants in online forums know that the most effective way to discourage a troll is usually to ignore him or her, because responding encourages a true troll to continue disruptive posts — hence the often-seen warning "Please do not feed the troll".
so.. gentle readers... don't feed the troll?
thank you [/b] -
who is the dog? i thought was a cat... cat noisy rite?Originally posted by maurizio13:Sounds alot like OM and that panty sniffing dog from the speaker's corner.
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Would you care justifying your words?Originally posted by maurizio13:Sounds alot like OM and that panty sniffing dog from the speaker's corner.
I don't see what's wrong in doing one's bit to encourage people to make the forum a more bearable place, and I thought your words were VERY uncalled for.