[pct-l] Trolls (was: thru-hiking with dogs)

[pct-l-adms at backcountry.net (PCT-L Admin)]

At 09:04 PM 4/18/05, dsaufley@sprynet.com wrote:
>Well, I have to thank Brick Robbins for educating me, so it's my turn to 
>pass it on.


Some guidelines

Trolls post deliberately incendiary postings in an effort to draw out 
emotional responses from others. Trolls really only want a bunch of 
replies, not any kind of reasonable discussion, debate, or 
deliberation.  We define a trolling post as one with no intention of 
contributing to a civil discussion, where the message as a whole lacks any 
serious content, where the message is clearly intended to be incendiary or 
disruptive, or where the poster is obviously arguing or debating in bad faith.

A flame war is where the predominant content consists of ad-hominem 
attacks, insults, threats, questioning of one's parentage, 
completely-off-topic banter, shouting or a general melee. We're not 
interested in "who started it" as we are in "finishing" it. Flame wars are 
a waste of resources and time. They're also unbecoming and cause wrinkles 
and other signs of premature aging.

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Brick Robbins
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If you feed the trolls, you get to keep them.