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

[eyakel at earthlink.net (Eric Yakel)]

Thanks for the education.  I just wonder how the trolls in the Lord of
the Rings would feel about that.  E.Y.
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trolls (was: thru-hiking with dogs)


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