chesilbeach
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[OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 13:23
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Trolls come to forums for entertainment. The internet is just a playground to them and anything can and will be said by them.
Attaching normal social morays to troll posts is a foolish practice. It is very important to remember they will deliberately attempt to wind up marks by any means and if a mark isn't prone to anger they will instead attempt to discredit their arguments.
Other popular tactics include
- acting the victim especially if attacked back or called out as a troll
- agreeing with some posters to drive a rift in a normally passive forum
- circular logic and logical fallacies ie X is true therefore Y must be
- grouping with other trolls, each playing a different yet complimentary role eg agitator and supporter or victim and white knight.
Two methods work against trolls, agressive forum moderation and passive user blanking. On TMA, do not feed the trolls is by far the best advice.
Dealing with and spotting Trolls
http://www.urban75.com/Mag/trolling.html
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/troll.htm
How to troll
http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html
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bernie
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Edited Jun 06, 2010, 15:55
Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 15:47
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Other popular tactics include
- acting the victim especially if attacked back or called out as a troll
- agreeing with some posters to drive a rift in a normally passive forum
- circular logic and logical fallacies ie X is true therefore Y must be
- grouping with other trolls, each playing a different yet complimentary role eg agitator and supporter or victim and white knight.
By definition this last post is trolling and he/she will make you all paranoid.
That is buggering daft. It covers everybody who ever posts and breeds paranoia.
It gives carte blanche for some to accuse others then reap the benefits.
Calling someone a Troll is often an excuse or insult used to get the poster off the hook.
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PMM
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:10
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http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/
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bernie
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:14
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This is definitely a Troll or Trolls!
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The Sea Cat
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:17
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You really would think that they would have something better to do, wouldn't you. I was once called a hobbit, in a nice way, by a very tall person. That doesn't matter, does it ?
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bernie
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:17
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bernie wrote: This is definitely a Troll or Trolls!
Cutting and pasting with links from googling 'trolling' very, very suspect!
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bernie
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:21
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The Sea Cat wrote: You really would think that they would have something better to do, wouldn't you. I was once called a hobbit, in a nice way, by a very tall person. That doesn't matter, does it ?
I agree with you. They really are very silly and annoying! I look in on these forums once in a while and still the same old tit for tat enmity.
I like the straight forward talking of the British ; I am In the U.S.A; but the back stabbing is abominable.
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The Sea Cat
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Edited Jun 06, 2010, 16:31
Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:31
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8utgCo86lpo
Om Shanti
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bernie
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:33
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The Sea Cat wrote:
I cannot see anything but a blank youtube screen.
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The Sea Cat
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Re: [OT] Words of advice for legitimate posters
Jun 06, 2010, 16:39
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It must be because you're in the US. It was a link to the vastly underrated pysch pop folk genius that is Donovan, playing his funky zen maraca classic 'There Is a Mountain'.
:-)
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